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#363 Afib: Rhythm Control, Catheter Ablation, Afib in the hospital, and Left Atrial Appendage Closure

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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AFib and Stroke Risk

AFib is a progressive disease and maybe that's why these patients are likely to go into it like if it's not treated that AFib progressively can get worse over time. We don't have enough data to say no AFib or AFib control means the stroke risk is low enough to stop the anticoagulant but this is one of the biggest areas there's a study that Rod Passman is going to launch so you may have heard about it where he's looking at a pill in the pocket anticoagulation with an Apple Watch. I'm excited to hear the results when that comes out.

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