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Update on Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention — Video interview with Dr. Daniel Singer of Harvard
January 25, 2012 Leave a Comment
In this interview, Dr. Daniel Singer updates us on the new anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation stroke prevention that he presented about at Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. He provided an update on rivaroxaban (Xarelto), apixaban (Eliquis), dabigatran (Pradaxa), and edoxaban, and mentioned that all were better than warfarin (Coumadin) in preventing intracranial bleeding (bleeding in the brain).
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Dr. Daniel Singer Discusses Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Prevention Anticoagulants — Video
New HRS/EHRA/ECAS Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Guidelines Presented by Dr. Hugh Calkins of Johns Hopkins — Video
January 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
At Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2012, Dr. Hugh Calkins, electrophysiologist at Johns Hopkins, presented the new 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, which will replace the original guidelines that were published in 2007. Instead of simply rewriting sections that have changed, the writing committee, which was made up of members from medical societies around the globe, rewrote the entire document.
In this video interview, Dr. Calkins discussed four major areas that are new or different in the 2012 guidelines, including recommendations as to when each ablation procedure is appropriate; recommendations for use of anticoagulants (blood thinners) before, during, and after ablation; a dictionary of 53 definitions; and guidelines for clinical trials.
The guidelines will be published online simultaneously in Europace, Heart Rhythm, and the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.
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New 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Guidelines presented by Dr. Hugh Calkins — Video
Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2012 Recap and Notes – Guest Posts by Dr. John Mandrola
January 19, 2012 3 Comments
Dr. John Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist in Louisville, Kentucky, who blogs at Dr. John M, live-blogged the 2012 Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium. He has given us permission to reprint his blog posts for the afib community. You will find them here:
Recap of Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2012 – Guest Posts by Dr. John Mandrola
Also, check out the video interview we did recently with Dr. Mandrola on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Results Differ Between Men and Women.
