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. 2024 Mar 12;19(1):29. doi: 10.5334/gh.1312

Table 2.

Use of oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents, and other cardiovascular medications in AF patients with and without coronary artery disease.


MEDICATIONS AF AND CAD N = 216 (10.7%) AF AND NO CAD N = 1804 (89.3%) P-VALUE

Oral anticoagulant agents, N (%)

- All OACs 181 (83.8) 1496 (82.9) 0.81

- VKA 56 (25.9) 606 (33.6) 0.03

- DOACs 125 (57.9) 890 (49.3) 0.02

Oral antiplatelet agents, N (%)

Single agent 120 (55.6) 670 (37.1) <0.0001

Dual agents 39 (18.1) 85 (4.7)

Single or dual agents 159 (73.6) 755 (41.9)

OACs and antiplatelet combination, N (%)

OAC and one or two antiplatelet agents 121 (56.0) 527 (29.2) <0.0001

Oral antiarrhythmic agents and other medications, N (%)

Amiodarone 41 (19.0) 346 (19.2) 0.98

Class I antiarrhythmic medications 2 (0.9) 35 (1.9) 0.44

Beta blockers 185 (85.6) 1434 (79.5) 0.04

Digitalis 20 (9.3) 299 (16.6) 0.007

Non-dihydropyridine CCB 13 (6.0) 206 (11.4) 0.02

RAS inhibitors 106 (49.1) 675 (37.4) 0.001

Statins 149 (69.0) 603 (33.4) <0.0001

AF: atrial fibrillation; CAD: coronary artery disease; CCB: calcium channel blocker; DOACs: direct oral anticoagulant agents, OACs: oral anticoagulant agents; RAS: renin angiotensin system; VKA: vitamin K antagonists.