Research in the News - Voices of Atrial Fibrillation Patients

- Remote Screening for Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation
  JAMA, Published Online: August29,2025,doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.15440
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  Importance Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) might reduce stroke if it increases long-term AF detection and anticoagulation use compared with usual care.
- Long‐Term Outcomes Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Medicare Beneficiaries
  https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.039780 8/6/2025 Journal of American Heart Association
- Warning: Serious Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Using Diltiazem With Apixaban or Rivaroxaban 4/15/2024 JAMA
  - - Question:Do patients with atrial fibrillation receiving apixaban or rivaroxaban and concurrently treated for ventricular rate control with diltiazem have greater risk of serious bleeding than those treated with metoprolol?
  - - Findings: In this cohort study of 204 155 patients aged 65 years or older, those treated with diltiazem had a significantly greater risk of serious bleeding compared with those treated with metoprolol.
  - - Meaning: Among older adults with atrial fibrillation receiving apixaban or rivaroxaban, treatment with diltiazem was associated with increased risk of serious bleeding compared with metoprolol.

- Early warning of atrial fibrillation using deep AI Learning4/18/2024, Patterns

- New AI-powered algorithm could better assess people’s risk of common heart condition. 12/23/2023, Scripps Research
  A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed by Scripps Research scientists could help clinicians better screen patients for atrial fibrillation. Is true screening for AFib on the horizon for young and old?

- Clinical Outcomes by Sex After Pulsed Field Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, 11/1/2023, JAMA (No Differences between Sexes)

- Deep Learning of Electrocardiograms in Sinus Rhythm from US Veterans to Predict Atrial Fibrillation 10/18/2023, JAMA

- “Diagnosis Creep”: Are Some AF Patients Overtreated? (medscape.com)10/16/2023 – Follow up to previous posting.

- Changes in Hypertension Guidelines “CHA₂DS₂-VASc Up-Scoring” Lead to earlier availability of Oral Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation 9/2023

- Bristol Myers Squibb to Showcase Data Across its Innovative Cardiovascular Portfolio at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023 | Business Wire 8/2023

- Atrial Fibrillation Induced By Gabapentin (medscape.com)8/2023

- Women with atrial fibrillation 3 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease – Presented at ACNAP, a scientific congress of ESC, 6/2023

- News from the European Society of Cardiology – 20 min talk on healthy nutrition, obesity and ablation. Taking responsibility for your health.
  ESC 365 – Episode 20: Among the topics: Healthy nutrition in a nutshell – Indications for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (escardio.org)

- Looking at Pulse Field Ablation