Patients ask about the safety of reduced-dose DOACs for fear of bleeding 🩸 ➡️Meta-analysis #HeartRhythmO2 reveals higher numerical risk of thromboembolic events during cardioversion for #Afib compared to standard dose. 🔷Safety concerns persist—Despite not reaching statistical significance #EPeeps

🚩VA >200 bpm treated with ICD shock associated with a significant ⬇️ in physical activity after —unlike those with VA >200 bpm & no therapy, who showed no change. Could reduced activity explain the link between ICD shocks & ⬆️mortality? #EPeeps www.heartrhythmopen.com/article/S266...

“Everything changed when the happy blue bird became the angry X” Loving @bsky.app —it feels like old-school Twitter, right down to the interface. familiar vibes!

🚩New study #HeartRhythmO2 journal showing➡️patients with syncope + implantable cardiac monitors -21% (6/28) of deaths were SCD -5/6 had prior “warning arrhythmias” that might have warranted a pacemaker or ICD #EPeeps @heartrhythmsociety.bsky.social www.heartrhythmopen.com/article/S266...

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