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The Lead Episode 145: Heart Rhythm 2026 Late Breaker Coverage: A Discussion of Cognitive Function and Anticoagulation Discontinuation in Patients Without Long-Term Recurrence After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Welcome to the first episode in this week's triple-header of late-breaking clinical trial coverage from Heart Rhythm 2026 in Chicago. In this episode Melissa E. Middeldorp, MPH, PhD from the Digital Education Committee sits down with David H. Birnie, MD and T. Jared Bunch, MD, FHRS to talk through this exciting late breaker.
This late-breaking substudy of the ALONE-AF trial presented at Heart Rhythm 2026 evaluated whether discontinuing oral anticoagulation (OAC) after successful atrial fibrillation ablation impacts cognitive function in patients without long-term recurrence. The findings…
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