In light of the NOAH-AFNET6 and ARTESiA trials, how would you approach the decision regarding anticoagulation for patients with incidentally-detected AF <24 hrs on pacemakers/defibrillators?

How would you balance the stroke risk against the bleeding risk? And how would the AF burden play into your decision- would you treat 6 minutes of AF the same as someone with 20 hours of AF?

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Finding the right answer for subclinical atrial fibrillation is sometimes hard to tease out the subtleties. The 2023 ACC/AHA/HRS atrial fibrillation guidelines were published in Jan 2024 (Joglar et al., PMID 38033089) and a section (6.4.1) is dedicated to patients with CIED without prior atrial fibr...

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In light of the NOAH-AFNET6 and ARTESiA trials, how would you approach the decision regarding anticoagulation for patients with incidentally-detected AF <24 hrs on pacemakers/defibrillators?

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