Uninterrupted Dabigatran versus Warfarin for Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation

Calkins, Hugh; Willems, Stephan; P. Gerstenfeld, Edward; Verma, Atul; J. Schilling, Richard; H. Hohnloser, Stefan; Okumura, Ken; Serota, Harvey; Nordaby, Matias; Guiver, Kelly; Biss, Branislav; A. Brouwer, Marc; Grimaldi, Massimo

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1701005

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Uninterrupted Dabigatran versus Warfarin for Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 19, 2017

Authors:

Hugh Calkins

Stephan Willems

Edward P. Gerstenfeld

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is typically performed with uninterrupted anticoagulation with warfarin or interrupted non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant therapy. Uninterrupted anticoagulation with a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant, such as dabigatran, may b...

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Medicine

Dabigatran

Vitamin K antagonist

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