Atrial Fibrillation: News

• ACC 2025 So Far, TAVI Device for Aortic Regurgitation Is Effective A device in clinical development appears to be far safer and more effective than the TAVI devices currently being used off-label for the treatment of aortic regurgitation.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• Midlife Atrial Fibrillation Linked to Dementia Risk Atrial fibrillation diagnosed before age 70 years was associated with a 21% increased risk for dementia and a 36% increased risk for early-onset dementia in a large population-based study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025
• Obesity ‘Strongly’ Linked to 16 Cardiometabolic Diseases The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep apnea, among others, increases with increasing BMI.
  Medscape Medical News, April 02, 2025
• Same-Day TJA Found Safe for Patients With History of AF ‘Very reassuring’ data for outpatient procedures, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2025
• Cannabis Is Interfering With the Heart Evidence is stacking up about the influence of cannabinoids on cardiovascular disease, and newer, synthetic options are binding even more tightly to the CB1 receptor, which could be harmful.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2025
• How Differences in Afib Guidelines Influence Care US and European guidelines for atrial fibrillation differ in subtle but important ways that are swaying treatment decisions.
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2025
• Anti-Factor XI Anticoagulants: Breakthrough or Bust? The OCEANIC-AF trial has raised concerns about factor XI inhibitors. Should physicians still bet on this class of anticoagulants?
  Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2025
• ISC 2025 DOACs Beneficial in Patients With ICH and Comorbid AF? Use of DOACs in patients with ICH and AF resulted in a remarkable reduction in ischemic stroke, but that benefit was partially offset by an increase in ICH recurrence.
  Medscape Medical News, February 12, 2025
• Anticoagulants as Safe as Aspirin for Bleeds: Annals Clinicians should not be unduly cautious about prescribing anticoagulants, research suggested.
  Medscape Medical News, February 10, 2025
• ISC 2025 Regular Flossing Tied to Reduced Ischemic Stroke Risk Regular tooth flossing is tied to a lower risk for ischemic stroke, primarily by reducing systemic inflammation, which can lead to AF, and up the risk for a cardiometabolic event.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2025
• Alert J&J Halts Varipulse Field Ablation for AFib The temporary pause follows reports of four cases of neurovascular events in the US external evaluation study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• What Now for Factor XI Inhibitors in AF? Hopes of a bright new future in stroke risk management in AF were dashed when asundexian failed against apixaban in the OCEANIC-AF trial, but is the concept of factor XI inhibition over? Experts discuss.
  Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2024
• Catheter AF Ablation Growing in Popularity and Complexity New technologies mean catheter ablation is among the safest, most effective treatments for atrial fibrillation, reported the Heart Rhythm Society that is also calling for advanced technique.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2024
• AHA 2024 Cognitive Decline in AF Not Reduced by Anticoagulation Atrial fibrillation has been linked to cognitive decline, but a randomized anticoagulation trial, halted early for futility, suggests microemboli are not responsible.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2024
• AHA 2024 Anticoagulant Considered After Bioprosthetic Valve Surgery Edoxaban was at least as effective as warfarin in preventing thromboembolism after bioprosthetic valve replacement in the ENBALV trial, but the event rate was too low to draw definitive conclusions.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2024
• AHA 2024 PVI Add-Ons Provide Better Control of Persistent AF Atrial fibrillation improved when linear ablation and ethanol infusion were added to pulmonary vein isolation in a randomized multicenter trial, but not all experts are convinced.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2024
• AHA 2024 For AF, LAA Rivals Anticoagulants After Ablation For patients with atrial fibrillation who need protection from stroke and other complications after ablation, left atrial appendage closure rivaled oral anticoagulation in a randomized trial.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2024
• Goodbye CHADSVASc: Sex Complicates Stroke Risk Scoring in AF Assessing when to initiate anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation is not improved by including gender, says the ESC in their latest guidelines, and can end up penalizing women.
  Medscape Medical News, November 14, 2024
• WSC 2024 More Support for Early DOACs After AF-Related Stroke Adding to sizeable RCT evidence that DOACs should be administered early following AF-related stroke, a weighted-risk analysis appeared to eliminate all doubt.
  Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2024
• WSC 2024 New Data on DOAC Initiation After Stroke in AF: Final Word? The long-standing debate as to when to start anticoagulation in patients with an acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation looks as though it is settled.
  Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2024