Does Anticoagulation After Successful AF Ablation Matter? The OCEAN Trial Shows No Clear Advantage of Rivaroxaban over Aspirin

Does Anticoagulation After Successful AF Ablation Matter? The OCEAN Trial Shows No Clear Advantage of Rivaroxaban over Aspirin

In patients who underwent successful catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation at least one year earlier, rivaroxaban did not significantly reduce the composite of clinical or covert embolic stroke compared with aspirin over 3 years, while numerically more major bleeding occurred with rivaroxaban.