Stopping abelacimab may not be necessary before invasive procedures
Patients with atrial fibrillation needing stroke prevention assigned to abelacimab had very low rates of bleeding during invasive procedures, according to new data from the AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial.The results suggest that patients may not need to stop abelacimab (Anthos Therapeutics), a novel factor XI inhibitor, prior to all invasive procedures, Siddharth Patel, MD, investigator from the TIMI Study