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AF burden on early rhythm control modulates patient outcomes

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An analysis of patient-operated ECGs from the EAST – AFNET 4 trial revealed: A low AF burden below 6% in the first year of early rhythm control therapy was associated with low cardiovascular event rates during the subsequent 4 years of follow-up. Patients with a higher AF burden on early rhythm control suffered more AF-related events. Today the findings were presented by AFNET board member Prof. Ulrich Schotten, Maastricht University, in a hotline session at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in Madrid (1,2).

Anticoagulation in patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation remains individual decision

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A Win Ratio analysis confirmed the primary result of the NOAH – AFNET 6 trial and did not find an advantage of anticoagulation with edoxaban over no anticoagulation in patients with device-detected atrial fibrillation. Clinical decisions should therefore be guided by individual factors. The findings were presented by Dr. Nina Becher, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany, in a hotline session at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in Madrid. (1,2)

MAESTRIA Consortium Meeting took place on 8 & 9 of May at the Sorbonne University

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Beiträge Aktuelles MAESTRIA Consortium Meeting took place on 8 & 9 of May at the Sorbonne University The leaders of the different work packages (WP1-WP8) presented their results from the respective sub-projects and defined further milestones. In addition to the work on AI analyses, Prof. Andreas Götte (WP4 leader) presented the successful implementation of the … Read more

Enrolment status update

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Beiträge Aktuelles Enrolment status update Many thanks to the actively recruiting sites that enrolled patients in April and May: DE005 – Dr Meyer, EVK Düsseldorf, Germany = ES001 – Dr Filgueiras, Hospital Clinico San Carlos Madrid, Spain = DE022 – Prof Pott, Bonifatius Hospital Lingen, Germany = DE023 – Dr Rillig, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany = … Read more

Enrolment of permanent AF patients: screening tip

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Beiträge Aktuelles Enrolment of permanent AF patients: screening tip The site in Brandenburg contacts its hospital’s internal controlling department, which has access to all hospital records. The controlling department compiles a monthly list of patients with the ICD code I48.2 which defines patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. All potential patients of this list are then … Read more