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EHRA 24: A Substudy of NOAH-AFNET 6
Author(s): Julius Nikorowitsch Added: 2 years 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
DOACs Reduce Stroke but Not Major Bleeding in Frail, Elderly AF Patients on Warfarin
Added: 10 months ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
The decision to switch frail, elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) from a stable vitamin K antagonist (VKA) regimen to a direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) remains a subject of clinical debate. A new substudy from the COMBINE-AF dataset provides clarity, suggesting that while the switch reduces severe outcomes like stroke and death, it does not lower the risk of major bleeding and… View more

Anticoagulation

Demographic
HRS 2026: AF Burden, Outcomes, and Anticoagulation in Device-Detected AF
Author(s): Ulrich Schotten Added: 1 month ago
HRS Congress 2026 — Prof Ulrich Schotten (Maastricht University, Maastricht, NL) joins us to discuss new findings from the NOAH-AFNET 6 trial examining the distribution of atrial fibrillation burden, its relationship to clinical outcomes, and the effectiveness and safety of anticoagulation based on device reports.NOAH-AFNET 6 (Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
ACC.26 Late-breaker Discussion: The CHAMPION-AF Trial
Author(s): Saibal Kar , Harriette Van Spall Added: 2 months 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

Intervention

Anticoagulation
Ileana L Piña
Dr Ileana L Pina is Professor at the Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, US. Dr Piña has a particular research and clinical interest in rehabilitation of heart disease in patients with heart failure. She completed a NHLBI HF ACTION trial and is in the process of… View more
Laura Meems
Job title: Cardiologist
Dr Laura Meems' research has a highly translational character, with a special focus on heart failure. During her PhD she has studied the role of vitamin D biology in heart failure, and in Mayo Clinic she has been involved in drug-development in experimental heart failure.She was recently awarded with a Mandema Stipend that enables her to continue her research during her clinical training as… View more
Debasish Banerjee
Debasish Banerjee is a consultant nephrologist with special interest in cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease including heart failure, sudden cardiac death and cardiac workup before kidney transplantation in chronic kidney disease patients; glomerulonephritis, kidney stone disease and diabetic nephropathy. He serves as the Clinical Subdean for St Georges Hospital and Higher… View more
Aortic Atherosclerosis as a Predictor of LAA Thrombus
Author(s): Samah AlKharji , Mohamed Al Rawahi , Ahmed AlTurki , et al Added: 9 months ago

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Heart Disease in Pregnancy: Maternal and Neonatal Risk
Author(s): Rofila Dita Karmia , Mefri Yanni , Yusrawati , et al Added: 5 months ago

Inherited and Congenital Cardiac Conditions

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Erin D Michos
Job title: Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Women's Cardiovascular Health
DrErin Michos is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Heath and Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology with the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the… View more