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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Further analyses from the ARTESIA study and the previous NOAH-AFNET 6 trial are needed to try to identify groups where the benefit may outweigh the risk, researchers say.