Christopher Cannon: DOAC Monotherapy Wins Again
Christopher Cannon, Cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Heart Letter, shared on LinkedIn:
”DOAC mono-therapy wins again – one year after DES in patients with AFib.
4 prior trials showed lower bleeding and similar efficacy. here they found better efficacy too!
Thus, monotherapy after a year is the optimal regimen.
(we have to always check why patients are on ASA to be sure there is a clear need. Very often in practice we need to stop the aspirin).”
Read the full article here.
Article: Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Drug-Eluting Stents
Authors: Seung-Jun Lee, Hee Tae Yu, Yong-Joon Lee, Sang-Hyup Lee, Jung Ho Heo, Sung Gyun Ahn, Sanghoon Shin, Joon-Hyung Doh, Ae-Young Her, Byung-Ryul Cho, Gwang-Sil Kim, Taek-Geun Kwon, Sang-Wook Lim, Jaemin Shim, Ji-Yong Jang, Kyounghoon Lee, Yun-Hyeong Cho, Cheol Ung Choi, Sang-Rok Lee, Hyung-Bok Park, Han Cheol Lee, Seunghwan Kim, Kyeong Ho Yun, Jong-Hwa Ahn, Byoung-Kwon Lee, Deok-Kyu Cho, Song-Yi Kim, Ung Kim, Tae Soo Kang, Seong Huan Choi, Won-Ho Kim, Jin Bae Lee, Moo-Yong Rhee, Jin-Bae Kim, Sang-Ho Jo, Dae Woo Hyun, Daehoon Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Jae-Sun Uhm, Dong-Ho Shin, Chul-Min Ahn, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Boyoung Joung, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang, Hui-Nam Pak, Jung-Sun Kim
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