‘Some doors are better left closed’: Using LAA occluders as an alternative to warfarin in very high-risk dialysed patients with atrial fibrillation

Since 2011, when the EMA approved the treatment with novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for primary prevention of cardio-embolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), a reasonable question repeatedly arose: “Will NOACs become the new standard of care in anticoagulation therapy?” [1]. While for many cathegories of patients the answer soon become positive [2], the sub-group of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) 5D stage (in dialysis) has never received a “yes” from either FDA or EMA (none of t hem allowing the use of NOACs in 5D CKD).
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research