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ESC Congress 2024 — Prof Thorsten Hanke (Clinic Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, DE) joins us to discuss the key highlights and implications from the ESC 2024 AF guidelines.Interview Questions:What are the latest advancements in arrhythmia surgeries presented at ESC 2024?Could you highlight the key takeaways from this year's conference that are most relevant to cardiac surgeons and electrophysiologists…
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What updates do ECAS recommend for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation?In this short interview, Prof Riccardo Cappato (IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, IT) and Prof Rui Providência (St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK) discuss new guidelines released by ECAS on catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). Prof Cappato and Prof Providência explain the need for an updated and…
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ESC Congress 2024 — Chair, Prof Isabelle C Van Gelder (University of Groningen, NL) joins us to discuss key highlights from the ESC Atrial Fibrillation 2024 guidelines.The new guidelines centre on shared and equal care, patient empowerment, comorbidities and risk factor management, and evidence-based management and re-evaluation. The new AF-CARE pathway integrates comorbidity management,…
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ESC Congress 2024 — Dr Dipak Kotecha (University of Birmingham, UK) joins us onsite in London to discuss key highlights from the ESC Atrial Fibrillation 2024 guidelines.Interview Questions:1. What is the prevalence of AF and the unmet needs of patients in 2024?2. What's new in the guidelines?3. What are some areas for improvement?4. What are some of the challenges and opportunities with the…
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Dr Jose Joglar (UT Southwestern, US) joins us virtually to discuss the 2023 guidelines for atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis and management.These guidelines are an update to the 2014 document covering the full spectrum of managing patients with AF, from prevention to lifetime interventions, to rhythm and rate control, as well as special populations. A new classification of AF has been created,…
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What are the main management recommendations from SCAI and HRS concerning left atrial appendage occlusion?In this short interview, Dr Andrew Goldsweig (Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, US) discusses the new guidelines regarding transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions and Heart Rhythm Society. The multidisciplinary guideline…
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The Global Impact of AF
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ESC Congress 24 — AF screening with a wearable ECG device increases diagnosis by over 50% but did not significantly reduce hospitalisation rates for stroke.We are joined onsite at ESC Congress 2024 by Dr Renato Lopes (Duke University Medical Center, NC) to discuss the findings from the GUARD-AF Trial (NCT04126486, Bristol-Myers Squibb), which was designed to determine if screening for undiagnosed…
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ESC Congress 2024 — OCEANIC-AF was halted early due to a lack of efficacy in 2023. Investigators shared details of the trial at ESC, comparing asundexian against apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation at risk of stroke.Host Dr Harriette Van Spall (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) sits down with primary investigator Dr Manesh R Patel (Duke University Health System, USA) to discuss the…
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