Uninterrupted anticoagulation during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: no difference in major bleeding and stroke between direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists in an updated meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Maximilian BrockmeyerYingfeng LinClaudio ParcoAthanasios KarathanosTorben KriegerVolker SchulzeYvonne HeinenAlexandru BejinariuPatrick MüllerHisaki MakimotoMalte KelmGeorg Wolff

Published in: Acta cardiologica (2020)

Our meta-analysis suggests that uninterrupted DOAC is not superior to VKA in patients undergoing catheter ablation of AF with comparable rates of major bleeding and stroke.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
direct oral anticoagulants
left atrial
left atrial appendage
systematic review
patients undergoing
oral anticoagulants
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
venous thromboembolism
meta analyses
randomized controlled trial
coronary artery disease
brain injury