Feasibility and Safety of Dabigatran Versus Warfarin for Periprocedural Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD,* Yeruva Madhu Reddy, MD,* Luigi Di Biase, MD, PHD,†‡§ Subba Reddy Vanga, MD,* Pasquale Santangeli, MD,† Vijay Swarup, MD, Rhea Pimentel, MD,* Moussa C. Mansour, MD,¶ Andre D’Avila, MD, PHD,# Javier E. Sanchez, MD,† J. David Burkhardt, MD,† Fadi Chalhoub, MD,¶ Prasant Mohanty, MBBS, MPH,† James Coffey, MD,# Naushad Shaik, MD,** George Monir, MD,†† Vivek Y. Reddy, MD,# Jeremy Ruskin, MD,¶ Andrea Natale, MD†§‡‡ Kansas City, Kansas; Austin, Texas; Foggia, Italy; Phoenix, Arizona; Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Kissimmee and Orlando, Florida; and San Francisco, California