I just read this, as 1 mth later almost I am already fed up with Warfarin. I can't get the dose right and it varies between 1.4 and 2.9 INR. At one point early on it was 5 or 6.
The Intermountain EPs conclude that AF patients with none or, at the most, one risk factor for ischemic stroke do not need to be anticoagulated with warfarin following a catheter ablation for AF provided the protocol used involves the use of ICE guidance and an open-tip, irrigated catheter which is less likely to result in clot formation during the procedure.
Now I am of course going to do what my EP instructs and I won't be able to talk to him for a few weeks. What are the odds of the Mass General EP Lab, who are quite advanced in the EP art, using ICE guidance and "open-tip irrigated catheter"?
I know he used AF catheter but that's about it
