AHA Scientific Sessions 2024 Late-Breaking and Featured Science Collection

Published: 29 October 2024

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Keep up-to-date with our video collection covering the American Heart Association's 2024 Scientific Sessions in Chicago. For expert insights on the hottest late-breaking and featured science trials, tune in to our collection.

  • To catch reviews on the most awaited trials, watch our recurring series View From the ThoraxCenter, hosted by Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen (Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, NL).
  • Watch out for the Late-Breaker Discussions with Dr Harriette Van Spall for key clinical trial data and its implications for future research.
  • Our concise Expert Interviews provide key data, study designs and take-home messages from select faculty.
  • Don't miss the key take aways from our Highlights series.

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Part 1

View From the Thoraxcenter

About the episode

AHA Conference 2024 - Safety and efficacy outcomes comparing left atrial appendage (LAA) closure with the WATCHMAN FLX device to oral anticoagulation (OAC) following atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation.

 

Dr Oussama Wazni (The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, US) joins us onsite at AHA Conference to discuss the findings from OPTION (NCT03795298).

 

OPTION is a prospective, multi-center, multi-national trial where patients with moderate to high risk of stroke who received AF catheter ablation were randomized to receive either LAA with the WATCHMAN FLX device or market-approved OAC. 1,600 patients were enrolled and were followed up through 36 months. The primary effectiveness endpoint is stroke, all cause death, systemic embolism, and the primary safety endpoint is non-procedural bleeding.

 

Interview Questions:
1.    What is the reasoning behind the OPTION trial?
2.    What is the current research landscape for LAA closure following AF ablation?
3.    What was the study design and patient population?
4.    What were the key findings?
5.    What are the take-home messages for practice?
6.    What further research is needed in this area, and what are the next steps?

 

Recorded remotely from Ohio, 2024. 

Editors: Yazmin Sadik, Jordan Rance.
Videographers: David Ben-Harosh.

Support: This is an independent interview produced by Arrhythmia Academy.

Faculty Biographies

Oussama M Wazni

Oussama M Wazni

Cleveland Clinic, US

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