Adding ASA to DOAC on discharge after LAAO markedly increases risk of major bleeding w/o decreasing stroke/TIA or DRT. But ~50% of patients are still discharged on DOAC+ASA! This data strongly supports DOAC alone. Jonathan Piccini, MD, MHS Jonathan Hsu, MD Samir Kapadia nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

📌 IMPROVE-PVI RCT 👉 Colchicine 💊 does not ⬇️ post-ablation AF recurrence rate #afib #EPeeps #CardioTwitter Andrea Natale MD Prash Sanders Dominik Linz Jag Singh Jason Andrade Prof Dhiraj Gupta Luis C. Saenz, MD Kamala Tamirisa MD Tom De Potter Piotr Futyma, MD Diego Segura-Rodríguez Adrian Baranchuk MD FACC FRCPC FCCS FSIAC Jonathan Piccini, MD, MHS

New on the The Lancet-JACC Journals collaboration! We detail our joint efforts to accelerate progress in global cardiovascular health. Read about our work towards better heart health for all. American College of Cardiology #ESCCongress authors.elsevier.com/a/1jgxA2d9GH%7…

#epeeps Happening Now. @ConnectEP Live Session LXXVIII: Ambulatory Surgical Centers for EP Procedures: What are They? Are they Feasible in EP? Featuring Arash Aryana Vivek Y. Reddy, David Kenigsberg, MD Christopher Liu, Frank Marchlinski Vijay Swarup Join @ virtualepconnect.com/event/live

Fantastic great debates session on the management of persistent AF Jonathan Kalman and I debating the who, when and why While Julian Chun and Dipen Shah debated the how Excellent discussion from Melanie Gunawardene and Isabel Diesenhofer, Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist and Jose Luis Merino

Wearable devices contain the potential to offer advanced notice of potential cardiovascular problems. DCRI's Jonathan Piccini, MD, MHS will cover how well Apple Watches did in detecting AFib among a known population at his #ESCCongress presentation in 15 minutes.

No role for empiric PWI in persistent AF: Long term outcomes at median 3.6 years from #CAPLA presented #ESCCongress ⁦Prash Sanders⁩ ⁦David Chieng⁩

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation by pulmonary vein isolation with or without posterior wall isolation: long-term outcomes of the CAPLA trial academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti… #ESCCongress Jeremy William

The OCEANIC-AF randomized trial of the factor XIa inhibitor asundexian was stopped early owing to a higher incidence of stroke or systemic embolism than with apixaban therapy among patients with atrial fibrillation. Full trial results: nej.md/473TRdc #ESCardio

Listen to the NEJM editors discuss the significance of the OCEANIC-AF trial in a podcast: nej.md/3T8naG2

Great presentation by Manesh Patel on Oceanic-af trial Evidence why it’s important to do clinical trials to understand how or whether biological understanding translates to improved outcomes Informs field on what’s needed next Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke Heart

Hospital Rankings for Heart and Heart Surgery Need to Include Electrophysiology Procedures in Their Metrics hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/eplab/let…

#1 Exciting news! A new sham trial evaluating role of PVI in AFib prevention is making headlines👇 Big win for evidence-based medicine! But, let me take an unpopular stance for a moment Was a sham-controlled trial EVEN NECESSARY for this study? 🤔 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

practical important Aust study: fasting NOT required prior to cath laboratory procedures like CIEDs: the SCOFF trial Bradley Wilsmore academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti…

In this multicenter study, intravascular hemolysis affected 94.3% of patients after PFA, with the highest severity occurring above 54 PFA deliveries #AHAJournals #Epeeps Serge Boveda Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca, MD @CaluoriGuido doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP…

“You can’t get to new frontiers by taking the same path.” #HRX24 #EPeeps

Published just time with Tina Baykaner Peter Noseworthy, MD for #Epeeps HRX 2024 HeartRhythm Heart Rhythm Society. “Implementation of AI in Clinical Practice.” ⬇️ download for free authors.elsevier.com/a/1jgQq5VtUyWX…

BREAKING: #HRX2024 Day 1 is a wrap! Today was action packed, starting with the Opening Main Tent Session. Followed by a variety of sessions and roundtables on Digital Innovation & AI, Data Ownership, CARDIO-SLEEP in Practice, and more. Your #HRStv Team is here to give you

These two stars, Jen Silva, MD and Suneet Mittal, along with Team Heart Rhythm Society, have done a terrific job with #HRX2024, now in its third year. Bigger crowds, expansive content, and a great vibe. It’s come such a long way since Nassir Marrouche, Sana Al-Khatib, Jag Singh, Pat Blake, and I

Great discussion about the duration of detected AFib that warrants anticoagulation - still not clearly defined.