Atrial Fibrillation

Researchers reported a novel risk model for predicting stroke risk in patients with HF with preserved ejection fraction without atrial fibrillation demonstrated “good” discrimination in an analysis of two large, pooled cohorts.

Interatrial block was associated with elevated risk for stroke and other poor outcomes in patients with no history of atrial fibrillation, according to a retrospective study.

ChatGPT and Bing AI provided mostly accurate responses to patients’ commonly asked questions about atrial fibrillation, but they appear not suitable to aid clinician-level decision-making, researchers reported.

PHILADELPHIA — Direct oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation are safe in most high-risk populations, a speaker said during the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sleep subtyping can help identify patients at greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation, according to Catherine Heinzinger, DO, in a Healio video from SLEEP 2023.

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology announced details of a full program of events to be held at the annual Congress on CVD Prevention, scheduled in 2023 for July 19-23 at the Live! By Loews hotel in Arlington, Texas.

Women were more likely to develop CVD or atrial fibrillation if they had irregular menstrual cycles — shorter than 21 days or longer than 35 days — in a prospective study of UK Biobank data, researchers reported.

SGLT2 inhibition was associated with reduced 5-year risk for stroke among patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation and diabetes, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A device to move the esophagus away from the catheter tip during ablation for atrial fibrillation reduced esophageal injury during procedures, according to the results of the EASY AF study presented at Heart Rhythm 2023.