Prash Sanders

@prashsanders.bsky.social

Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Director, Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders | Uni of Adelaide | Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia. Associate Editor #EHJ Chair, Digital Education Committee #HRS

Linear ablation combined with ethanol infusion to pulmonary vein isolation improved the success rate of catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation, but also increased procedure time and risk of pericarditis. #AHA24 https://ja.ma/3Ogfn62

Fig 1 from "Pulmonary Vein Isolation With Optimized Linear Ablation vs Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone for Persistent AF"

IT'S NOT 10,000 STEPS!!!! 🚶🏻‍♂️ In a study of 111,309 subjects, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology determined that the optimal dose to reduce the risk of overall mortality was 8,763 steps per day. And you, have you already walked your steps today? 👣 Source: www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Lrfm - lifestyle and risk factor modification - I should have guessed as it’s from Prash Sanders. but not an immediately obvious abbreviation to me….. Looking forward to seeing more data