Journal article
Navigating the fine line between benefit and risk in chronic atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Standard versus Atrial Fibrillation spEcific managemenT studY (SAFETY)
Melinda J Carrington, Jocasta Ball, John D Horowitz, Thomas H Marwick, Gnanadevan Mahadevan, Chiew Wong, Walter P Abhayaratna, Brian Haluska, David R Thompson, Paul A Scuffham, Simon Stewart
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2013
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Health outcomes associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) continue to be poor and standard management often does not provide clinical stability. The Standard versus Atrial Fibrillation spEcific managemenT studY (SAFETY) compares the efficacy of a post-discharge, nurse-led, multi-disciplinary programme to optimise AF management with usual care. METHODS: SAFETY is a prospective, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial with blinded-endpoint adjudication. A target of 320 hospitalised patients with a chronic form of AF will be randomised (stratified by "rate" versus "rhythm" control) to usual post-discharge care or the SAFETY Intervention (SI). The SI involves home-based assessment, ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
The SAFETY study is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Program Grant (519823). In addition, MC, JB and SS are supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. This research is supported in part by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.