Safety and efficacy of nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta ‐analysis

ConclusionsUse of NOACs compared to VKAs significantly reduced the risk of bleeding in patients with AF ablation. Similarly, the risk of bleeding was lower with uninterrupted NOACs than with uninterrupted VKAs, and with interrupted NOACs than with interrupted VKAs. The rate of thromboembolic complications was extremely low in both study groups without any differences.

Source: Cardiovascular Therapeutics - September 12, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zhen Ge, Michela Faggioni, Usman Baber, Samantha Sartori, Sabato Sorrentino, Serdar Farhan, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Birgit Vogel, Abdul Qadeer, Jonathan Halperin, Vivek Reddy, Srinivas Dukkipati, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research