In patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation and a prior stroke, oral anticoagulation increases bleeding without a clear reduction in stroke. This finding was presented by Prof. Paulus Kirchhof, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany, in a late-breaking clinical trials session at the annual congress of the American Heart Rhythm Society (HRS 2024) held in Boston, U.S., May 16–19.
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Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation, and what they mean for patients, were considered by a group of around 75 international experts at a three-day meeting that began on Monday.
Germany: Anticoagulation with edoxaban fails to significantly reduce the incidence of a composite of stroke, cardiovascular death, or systemic embolism among patients with atrial high-rate episodes.