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What is the most updated consensus regarding the use of pill in the pocket oral anticoagulation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and populations of patients who are most likely to be considered for enrollment in clinical trials?

Which DOAC(s) could be best suited for pill in the pocket anticoagulation RCTs?

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Do you consider bleeding risk in elderly, frail patients with atrial fibrillation to be similar for all NOACs?

In FRAIL-AF, participants were switched from VKA to dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban.

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When do you consider pacing in arrhythmogenic epilepsy?

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For which stroke patients, if any, do you recommend implantable loop recorder for long-term cardiac monitoring and why?

It seems clear that longer monitoring yields more AF detected. What is less clear to me is whether all ILR-detected AF is relevant and merits anticoag...

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How do you manage patients with atrial fibrillation having a thromboembolic infarct despite being on adequate anticoagulation?

Would you recommend left atrial appendage occlusion with or without continuing anticoagulation? In light of Maarse et al., JAMA Neurology 2024.

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Is a history of coronary artery disease and afib a contraindication to using donepezil?

How do you counsel patients about any potential risk?

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Can bleeding risk when switching from VKA treatment to a NOAC in frail, elderly patients be accurately compared if individual times in therapeutic range while on VKA treatment are not captured?

Individual times in the therapeutic range while on VKA treatment was not registered in FRAIL-AF.

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Do you think that home INR monitoring is a feasible option for elderly, frail patients with atrial fibrillation on VKA treatment, given variations in socioeconomic status and access to care?

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Papers discussed in this category

American heart journal, 2010-07

Cryptogenic Stroke and underlying Atrial Fibrillation (CRYSTAL AF): design and rationale.

Lancet, 2021 Aug 27

Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial.

Circulation, 2023 Aug 27

Safety of Switching from a Vitamin K Antagonist to a Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant in Frail Older Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Results of the FRAIL-AF Randomized Controlled Trial.

J Am Coll Cardiol,

Prospective randomized evaluation of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure device in patients with atrial fibrillation versus long-term warfarin therapy: the PREVAIL trial.

Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2016-03

Targeted Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation Guided by Continuous Rhythm Assessment With an Insertable Cardiac Monitor: The Rhythm Evaluation for Anticoagulation With Continuous Monitoring (REACT.COM) Pilot Study.

Heart rhythm, 2018-11

Intermittent anticoagulation guided by continuous atrial fibrillation burden monitoring using dual-chamber pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Results from the Tailored Anticoagulation for Non-Continuous Atrial Fibrillation (TACTIC-AF) pilot study.

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