Cardiovascular risk factors and multi-comorbidity appear to play an important role in the association between atrial fibrillation and mild cognitive impairment.
A study of multiple cohorts of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus showed significantly lower prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) among Black patients.
Left atrial appendage occlusion in the same procedure with transcatheter aortic valve replacement proved non-inferior to TAVR plus medical therapy in AF and aortic stenosis, in the WATCH-TAVR study.
While the new drug reduced hematoma expansion compared with usual care, it was also associated with an increase in thrombotic events in the ANNEXa-I study.
New information has become available to help guide clinicians on the thorny issue of whether to give oral anticoagulation to patients with AF who have had an intracranial hemorrhage.