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Apixaban in Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation: More Major Bleeds Driven by GI Events but Not by Intracranial or Fatal Hemorrhage
In ARTESiA patients with device-detected subclinical AF, apixaban reduced thromboembolism but increased major bleeding—primarily noncritical gastrointestinal events—while intracranial and fatal bleeding rates were similar to aspirin.