{"id":552348,"date":"2026-04-08T12:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/anticoagulation-after-catheter-ablation-for-how-long\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:15:00","slug":"anticoagulation-after-catheter-ablation-for-how-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/anticoagulation-after-catheter-ablation-for-how-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticoagulation after catheter ablation &#8211; for how long?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In selected groups of patients with atrial fibrillation, ablation can lead to an improvement in symptoms and\/or prognosis. To avoid complications, anticoagulation before, during and after ablation should be criteria-driven. There is a consensus that periprocedural oral anticoagulation (OAC) is generally recommended regardless of the thromboembolic risk. On the other hand, the longer-term continuation of OAC is controversial. The ALONE-AF study published in 2025 has provided new evidence in this regard.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fanticoagulation-after-catheter-ablation-for-how-long%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In selected groups of patients with atrial fibrillation, ablation can lead to an improvement in symptoms and\/or prognosis. To avoid complications, anticoagulation before, during and after ablation should be criteria-driven&#8230;.&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">Dieser Inhalt ist nur f\u00fcr Benutzer der Gruppe: Medizinische Fachperson zug\u00e4nglich <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/my-account\/packages\/\">Jetzt beitreten<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/medizinonline.com\/en\/log-in\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmedizinonline.com%2Fen%2Fanticoagulation-after-catheter-ablation-for-how-long%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":552350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","cat_1_feature_home_top":false,"cat_2_editor_pick":false,"csco_eyebrow_text":"Atrial fibrillation  ","footnotes":"[{\"id\":\"820568a2-f877-46aa-9cd3-4ea1abaef7c8\",\"content\":\"<em>In the current international guidelines, DOACs are preferred over vitamin K antagonists for the initiation of an OAC [12].<\\\/em>\"},{\"id\":\"205024e4-65b0-4484-bd8e-fc21995fea78\",\"content\":\"<em>defined as <sub>CHA2DS2-VASc<\\\/sub> score of 1 for men and 2 for women.<\\\/em>\"},{\"id\":\"10e7912f-dae4-4066-b708-ed9557cbfd58\",\"content\":\"<em>In the OAC group, 78% of patients received 5 mg apixaban, 8.7% 15 mg rivaroxaban and 7.3% 20 mg rivaroxaban<\\\/em>\"}]"},"category":[11548,11359,11513,11503],"tags":[90777,15479,14847,90775,19601,90776],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-552348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rx-en","category-cardiology","category-congress-reports","category-studies","tag-alone-af-study","tag-anticoagulation","tag-atrial-fibrillation","tag-catheter-ablation-2","tag-oral-anticoagulation","tag-thromboembolic-risk","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-1","pmpro-no-access"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 21:04:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":{"fr_FR":{"locale":"fr_FR","id":552331,"slug":"anticoagulation-apres-ablation-par-catheter-pour-combien-de-temps","post_title":"Anticoagulation apr\u00e8s ablation par cath\u00e9ter - 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