What are your thoughts on the results of the ALONE-AF trial and the safety profile of discontinuing anticoagulation post-ablation, provided there is no atrial arrhythmia recurrence?

ALONE-AF is another recent trial to challenge the current dogma. The 2023 ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for AF recommend "In patients who have undergone catheter ablation of AF, continuation of longer-term oral anticoagulation should be dictated according to the patients’ stroke risk (e.g., CHA2DS2-VASc sc...