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2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Circulation

Recommendations from the “2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” and the “2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” have been updated with new evidence to guide clinicians.

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Heart failure and major haemorrhage in people with atrial fibrillation

Open Heart

Background Heart failure (HF) is not included in atrial fibrillation (AF) bleeding risk prediction scores, reflecting uncertainty regarding its importance as a risk factor for major haemorrhage. from 2014 onwards), although 75.7% Results Over 7.56 Less than half those with AF were prescribed an anticoagulant (45.6%

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Medtronic LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitors Prove Cost-effective Compared to Standard of Care in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Suspected Atrial Fibrillation

DAIC

in 2014 and is available worldwide. Results will be presented at the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association ( AHA / ASA ) International Stroke Conference ( ISC ) 2024 in Phoenix. ii] The cost-effectiveness analysis reflects data from 492 patients in the STROKE AF study, which was conducted across 33 centers in the U.S.

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The Future of Single Chamber ICDs: BIOTRONIK Takes Unprecedented Market Stance with Proprietary DX Technology

DAIC

“Therefore, we have made the decision to offer only DX technology for new patients needing a single-chamber ICD, providing equivalent therapies along with additional atrial monitoring data, as recommended by current guidelines.” For more information: [link] References: Thomas G, Choi DY, Doppalapudi H, et al. Technol Health Care.

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Focus on EP | A Practical Primer For the 2023 AFib Guideline

American College of Cardiology

One of my New Year's resolutions was to read the entire 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib).

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Age-stratified patterns in clinical presentation, treatment and outcomes in acute pericarditis: a retrospective cohort study

Heart BMJ

Methods Patients with a first episode of acute pericarditis were consecutively enrolled between January 2014 and June 2022, and divided into four groups according to age (G1: 18–35 years; G2: 35–55 years; G3: 55–75 years; G4: >75 years). A secondary cause of pericarditis was detected in 128/471 (27.2%) patients.

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Patients on vitamin K treatment: is switching to direct-acting oral anticoagulation cost-effective? A target trial on a prospective cohort

Open Heart

Aims Direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have, to a substantial degree, replaced vitamin K antagonists (VKA) as treatments for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. Methods The target trial approach was applied to the prospective observational Swiss-AF cohort, which enrolled 2415 AF patients from 2014 to 2017.