PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Di Biase, Luigi
TI  - TEE Unnecessary Prior to Ablation for AF With NOACs
DP  - 2015 Sep 07
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 11--11
VI  - 15
IP  - 22
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/22/11.2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/22/11.2.full
AB  - According to a multicenter, prospective registry study, patients with AF can safely undergo radiofrequency catheter ablation while continuing apixaban or rivaroxaban without undergoing prior transesophageal echocardiography. Among patients who did not undergo transesophageal echocardiography, there was no evidence of left atrial appendage thrombosis, and less than half had “smoke” on intracardiac echocardiography.