Acute strokes were more severe and associated with higher 30-day mortality when accompanied by acute atrial fibrillation in the emergency department in a single-center study.
Concerns about a lack of balanced information provided about left atrial appendage closure procedures on the web pages of top US hospitals have been raised by a new study.
Shortening dual antiplatelet therapy duration and continuing with a P2Y12 inhibitor alone was associated with a similar rate of ischemic events but less bleeding than prolonged DAPT after 3 years.