Arrhythmias & EP
From the Journals
Anxiety, depression ease after AFib ablation: Clinical or placebo effect?
The finding, say researchers, may point to an overlooked potential benefit of ablation that can be discussed with patients considering whether to...
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Trial halted for bleeding reduction with abelacimab vs. rivaroxaban in AFib
“ZALEA-TIMI 71 represents a landmark study confirming the promise of Factor XI inhibition as causing substantially less bleeding than a current...
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Stress, insomnia tied to increased AFib risk for older women
The results support the hypothesis that psychosocial predictors account for additional risk for AF “above and beyond” traditional AF risk factors...
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Steady VKA therapy beats switch to NOAC in frail AFib patients: FRAIL-AF
The switch resulted in more bleeding without any reduction in thromboembolic complications or all-cause mortality.
Commentary
Is AFib ablation the fifth pillar in heart failure care? CASTLE-HTx
Catheter ablation was superior to medical therapy alone in terms a composite endpoint of death from any cause or left...
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How do you prescribe exercise in primary prevention?
"We must recommend exercise progressively," says cardiologist Thelma Sánchez Grillo, MD.
Conference Coverage
Minimizing atrial pacing no benefit in sinus node disease: DANPACE II
“I think many of us involved in pacing thought for many years that minimizing pacing would be beneficial, and this clearly shows it is not.”
Commentary
The most important study from ESC: FRAIL-AF
This is the kind of science that medicine should celebrate. There were no soft endpoints, financial conflicts, or spin.
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Advanced HF no obstacle to AFib ablation success: CASTLE-HTx
One of the study’s key messages “is that AF ablation is safe and effective in patients with end-stage heart failure” and “should be part of our...
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Anticoagulation no benefit in presumed AFib detected by cardiac devices
“Based on the result of this trial, these occasional atrial high-rate episodes do not appear to be associated with stroke. It appears quite benign...
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No reduction in AFib after noncardiac surgery with colchicine: COP-AF
“We think that further studies are needed to tease out which patients can benefit from colchicine and in what setting it can be used.”