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AF Symposium 25: LAAC Vs Oral Anticoagulation After Catheter Ablation
Author(s): Walid Saliba Added: 1 year ago
AF Symposium 25 - Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure using the WATCHMAN FLX device (Boston Scientific) showed lower risk of bleeding and non-inferiority in efficacy endpoints to oral anticoagulation in patients who have received or are planning to receive AF ablation.Dr Walid Saliba (Cleveland Clinic, OH, US) joins us onsite at AF Symposium 25 to discuss the findings from the concomitant and… View more

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
AHA 25: The OCEAN Trial
Author(s): Atul Verma Added: 5 months ago
AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 - Dr Atul Verma (McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, CA) joins us to share outcomes from OCEAN (NCT02168829). The prospective, open-label, randomised trial aimed to investigate ongoing oral anticoagulation with rivaroxaban 15 mg daily compared to antiplatelet therapy in patients with clinical stroke risk factors at least one year post-successful catheter… View more

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
EHRA 24: A Substudy of NOAH-AFNET 6
Author(s): Julius Nikorowitsch Added: 1 year ago
EHRA 24 - We are joined onsite by Dr Julius Nikorowitsch (University Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg (UHZ), DE) to outline the impact of age, sex, cardiovascular comorbidities, and kidney function on outcomes with oral anticoagulation therapy in patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation in a substudy of the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial (NCT02618577).The substudy consisted of 2534 patients from… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
One-Stop PVI and LAA Closure: A Concomitant AF Ablation Case
Author(s): Added: 1 day ago
Dr Amr Nawar (Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, OM) walks through a concomitant pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and left atrial appendage (LAA) closure procedure in a single 90-minute session — treating the arrhythmia and addressing embolic risk simultaneously.The case centres on a 70-year-old male with atrial fibrillation and a history of two transient ischaemic attacks. Dr Nawar details… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Revolutionising Thrombosis Treatment in ACS, SSP and AF: Bridging the Gaps With Next Generation Anticoagulation Strategies
Author(s): Davide Capodanno , Sneha Shah Jain Added: 7 months ago
Presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2025, Prof Carolyn Lam (Singapore, UK), Prof Davide Capodanno (Catania, IT), Dr Sneha Shah Jain (Stanford, US) and Prof Jeffrey Weitz (Hamilton, CA) examine the prevalence and challenges of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) and after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The faculty review current treatment guidelines, explore… View more

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
ACC.26 Late-breaker Discussion: The CHAMPION-AF Trial
Author(s): Saibal Kar , Harriette Van Spall Added: 3 weeks ago
ACC.26 – Late-breaker host Harriette Van Spall (McMaster University, Hamilton, CA) is joined by Saibal Kar, MD (Los Robles Regional Medical Center, US) to discuss CHAMPION‑AF (NCT04394546), a global randomized trial comparing the WATCHMAN FLX left atrial appendage closure device with non–vitamin K oral anticoagulants in patients with non‑valvular atrial fibrillation at elevated stroke risk… View more

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AF Symposium 2025
Author(s): Luigi Di Biase Added: 1 year ago
Stay up to date with our video collection covering late-breaking data from AF Symposium 2025 in Boston. Don't miss our short, accessibleExpert Interviews and Highlights of the most pertinent trials. View more

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Prof. Ken Okumura served as a Professor of Medicine at Hirosaki University School of Medicine from 1996 to 2016. He also served as a President of the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society (JHRS) from 2012 to 2016. He is now working at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Japan, while providing the latest interventional treatments for cardiac arrhythmias especially catheter ablation of AF… View more
Carlos Morillo
Prof Carlos Morillo is a cardiac electrophysiologist, currently serving in the Chief Division of Cardiology at theLibin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Prof Morillo has extensively researched Chagas disease since 1990, and was involved in the initial studies related to autonomic control in the different stages of the disease and the use of beta… View more