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Questions discussed in this category


If yes, if the assay shows they are a non-responder, do you switch to ticagrelor?

It seems clear that longer monitoring yields more AF detected. What is less clear to me is whether all ILR-detected AF is relevant and merits anticoag...

In FRAIL-AF, participants were switched from VKA to dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban.

How do you balance between having a higher long-term blood pressure to prevent flow failure and leading to worsening of stenosis or occlusion from the...

For example, would you consider this method in an ESRD/HD patient with antiphospholipid syndrome who had a major bleed requiring reversal of warfarin ...

In light of a publication by Sakusic et al., PMID 39102615 suggests an increased risk of ICH expansion in patients with heparin bridge compared to sta...

Would you recommend left atrial appendage occlusion with or without continuing anticoagulation? In light of Maarse et al., JAMA Neurology 2024.

In the span between the HACA trial and the Targeted Temperature Management in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest study (Dankiewicz et al., PMID 34133859),...

In FRAIL-AF, switching VKA therapy to a NOAC was associated with higher risk of bleeding in elderly, frail patients. 

Do you distinguish between primary and secondary prevention? Wilson et al., PMID 31130428 is helpful, but curious how people apply this data in practi...

How do you approach secondary stroke prevention for patients with ischemic stroke, atrial fibrillation, and signs of cerebral amyloid angiopathy/micro...

For a relatively young, medically compliant patient with HFrEF (EF<35%) and h/o embolic stroke, what is the consensus of starting AC for secondary ...


Papers discussed in this category


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J Am Coll Cardiol,

The New England journal of medicine, 2012-05-17

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-10-04

The New England journal of medicine, 2019-05-16

Heart, 2019 Apr 08

American heart journal, 2010-07

Lancet, 2021 Aug 27

The New England journal of medicine, 2013-03-21

Neurology, 2013-08-13

The New England journal of medicine, 2017-09-14

Circ Cardiovasc Interv, 2022 Jun 23

JAMA, 2021 Dec 14

JAMA Neurol, 2020 Jul 01

JAMA Neurol, 2022 Nov 01

Stroke, 2021 May 24

JAMA neurology, 2019-04-01

Lancet Neurol, 2019 May 23

JAMA Neurol,

Lancet Neurol, 2018 Jan 10

Journal of clinical lipidology, 2008-10

Curr Rheumatol Rep, 2020 Aug 26

The New England journal of medicine, 2002-02-21

N Engl J Med, 2013 Nov 17

Cureus, 2022 Sep 11

Crit Care, 2020 Jan 06

Circulation, 2023 Aug 27

N Engl J Med, 2005 Mar 31

Circulation, 2020 May 21

British journal of haematology, 2024 Sep 02

Stroke, 2007-12

The New England journal of medicine, 2006 Aug 10

European heart journal, 2020 Jan 01

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2023 Sep 08

The New England journal of medicine, 2011-12-01

Neurology, 2024 Aug 05

Neurology, 2024 Aug 05

Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2016-03

Heart rhythm, 2018-11

The New England journal of medicine, 2013-11-28

Archives of internal medicine, 1995-07-10

The New England journal of medicine, 2001-05-10

The New England journal of medicine, 2009-05-14

The New England journal of medicine, 2011-09-15

Circulation, 2013-02-05

European heart journal, 2018-08-21

Heart rhythm, 2014 May 09

The New England journal of medicine, 2019 Nov 14

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Aug 25

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Nov 12

Journal of medicine and life, 2021 Sep-Oct

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2024 May 19

Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review, 2021 Jul

The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease, 2023

Stroke, 2024 Dec 11

N Engl J Med, 2015 Nov 09

Diabetes care, 2025 Jan 01

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 Nov 16

JAMA, 2022 May 17

JAMA, 2013 May 22

The New England journal of medicine, 2013-06-20

The New England journal of medicine, 2016 Jun 08

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 May 16

Lancet (London, England), 2023 May 25