Atrial Fibrillation

The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, which will be held live in Philadelphia and can be attended virtually Nov. 10 to 13, will feature eight late-breaking science sessions over 3 days.

A study of more than 6,000 white-collar workers found that psychosocial stressors at work raised men’s risk of coronary heart disease while having an inconclusive impact on women.

A retrospective study found that people with hypertension had higher systolic BP during winter vs. summer months, and that BP control rates also decreased to an extent during the winter.

Anthos Therapeutics announced that the phase 2 AZALEA-TIMI 71 study was stopped early due to an “overwhelming reduction” in bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk for stroke taking abelacimab vs. rivaroxaban.

Atrial fibrillation affects 2.7 million to 6.1 million people in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association, and that burden is expected to rise substantially in the coming years.

In patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation improved psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression compared with medical therapy, according to results of the REMEDIAL trial.

Adaptive pacing at a 60 bpm base rate did not reduce atrial fibrillation risk in patients with sinus node dysfunction but did reduce the incidence of syncope or presyncope vs. a 40 bpm base rate without adaptive pacing, a speaker reported.

Switching older patients with frailty syndrome and atrial fibrillation to a non-vitamin K antagonist from their old blood thinner caused significant bleeding risk and no greater protection from stroke, a speaker reported.

In patients with end-stage HF awaiting transplant, catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation was safe and effective and was associated with improvements in left ventricular ejection fraction and AF burden, a speaker reported.

In adults with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, pulsed field ablation was noninferior to conventional thermal ablation for safety and efficacy, with significantly less pulmonary vein narrowing and faster procedure times, researchers stated.