Anticoagulant

Patients with cancer have a five- to sevenfold increased risk for venous thromboembolism compared with patients without cancer, and chemotherapy increases the risk by 6.5-fold.

Nearly one-third of nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation and advanced dementia stayed on anticoagulation in the last 6 months of life, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The prevalence of left atrial thrombus is high in certain anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation, which suggests a role for transesophageal echocardiogram imaging before procedures in that population, researchers reported.

A rivaroxaban-based anticoagulation strategy did not improve outcomes and increased bleeding in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 compared with standard hospital prophylaxis, according to data from the ACTION trial.

Continuous ECG patch monitor and automated BP monitor with oscillometric AF screening capability to detect AF in patients aged 75 years or older with hypertension but no AF at baseline.

Patients who received Eliquis were at lower risk for post-polypectomy bleeding and thromboembolism than those who received warfarin and other direct oral anticoagulants, according to study results.

Two studies presented at the virtual ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition yielded conflicting results in terms of the effect of anticoagulants on COVID-19 outcomes.

Patients with atrial fibrillation who received nonrecommended doses of direct oral anticoagulants had increased risk for death compared with those who received recommended doses, according to new data from the GARFIELD-AF registry.

A new European Society of Cardiology guideline on management of non-ST-segment elevation ACS recommends no pretreatment with P2Y12 inhibitors before PCI in this population, among other changes.

Cardiologists should assess bleeding events in patients taking oral anticoagulation and discuss with them the best approach to minimize future risk, according to an American College of Cardiology expert consensus decision pathway.