Hot Takes Exchange: Stroke Prevention in 2030 Will Mostly Be: LAAO vs. Pill-in-the-pocket Anticoagulation

September 19, 2026 | 10:25 AM (EDT) - 10:45 AM (EDT)

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Speakers
Christopher Ellis
Director LAA (Left Atrial Appendage) Program | Director AF Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peter J. Zimetbaum
Associate Chief and Clinical Director, Cardiology Division | Richard and Susan Smith Professor of Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Harvard Medical School
Moderator
Kenneth Ellenbogen
Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing | Kimmerling Chair of Cardiology | President
Virginia Commonwealth University | Heart Rhythm Society

Hot Takes Exchange: Stroke Prevention in 2030 Will Mostly Be: LAAO vs. Pill-in-the-pocket Anticoagulation

Hyde Park
September 19, 2026 | 10:25 AM (EDT) - 10:45 AM (EDT)

Long gone are the days of vitamin K antagonists as the sole therapy for stroke prevention in persons with atrial fibrillation. How will new anticoagulants, intermittent approaches to anticoagulation, and LAAO change how we prvent stoke in the future? This debate will let two experts hash it out in an engaging exchange.