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Indications and appropriate selection of novel oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation
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  • Published on: 20 September 2017
    Evidence in special situations and patient groups continues to increase

    Dear Editor,

    We have read the article by dr. Ghannam with interest. We appreciate their summary of the available data on anticoagulant treatment in special patient populations. However, with the rapidly increasing evidence in this field, some recent relevant studies were not mentioned.
    For instance, in patients undergoing cardioversion, the authors suggest treatment with VKA or rivaroxaban, based on the statement that this is the only available NOAC studied prospectively in this setting. Last year, the data of the ENSURE-AF with edoxaban were presented, which provide similar evidence for the use of edoxaban in this setting (1). Furthermore, the recently published EMANATE-AF study adds solid evidence for the use of apixaban in this setting (2).
    Similarly, in patients undergoing catheter ablation, the RE-CIRCUIT study published earlier this year provides very reassuring prospective data on the uninterrupted use of dabigatran in patients undergoing catheter ablation (3), yet this is not mentioned in the article. At the ESC in 2017, the data of the RE-DUAL PCI study provide insight in different strategies on how to combine dabigatran with single or dual antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions (4). Similar data for rivaroxaban were described in the PIONEER study (5), and the results of the ongoing AUGUSTUS study with apixaban are expected within the next years.
    In summary, the very large number of patients studied...

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