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Such a good question. Someone needs to do the study in the era of PFA and Apple Watches. I plan on going off apixaban if I stay out of afib for 5 months post ablation. Right now I wear a pulse ring at night, and an Apple Watch in the day. I do a quick ecg on the watch at least once a day, and wear a wellue ecg about 20 hours a week. I do a Kardia 6 lead once a week. I’m having short svt episodes, I’m week 3 post ablation. My post covid echo had a lot of issues that have been resolving. If my left atrium keeps shrinking I figure my stroke/bleed risk will be about equal. I’ll always keep apixaban on hand, my afib was very symptomatic.

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It is my understanding that Eliquis is NOT used for an acute AFib incident. It is effective only when taken consistently over time to prevent stroke or blood clots and provides no benefit as a pill to be taken only when you are in AFib or having a stroke. There are other medications, like alteplase (tPA), used to dissolved clots in an acute or emergency situation.