Opinion Review
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World J Cardiol. May 26, 2024; 16(5): 231-239
Published online May 26, 2024. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v16.i5.231
Management of cerebral amyloid angiopathy and atrial fibrillation: We are still far from precision medicine
Liuba Fusco, Zefferino Palamà, Antonio Scarà, Alessio Borrelli, Antonio Gianluca Robles, Gabriele De Masi De Luca, Silvio Romano, Luigi Sciarra
Liuba Fusco, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Northamptonshire, Northampton NN1 5BD, United Kingdom
Zefferino Palamà, Department of Cardiology, Casa di Cura Villa Verde, Taranto 70124, Italy
Zefferino Palamà, Antonio Gianluca Robles, Gabriele De Masi De Luca, Silvio Romano, Luigi Sciarra, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of l'Aquila, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
Antonio Scarà, Alessio Borrelli, Department of Cardiology, GVM Care and Research, San Carlo di Nancy Hospital, Rome 00100, Italy
Author contributions: Fusco L, Palamà Z, Scarà A, Borrelli A, Robles AG and De Masi De Luca G analyzed the data, wrote the manuscript; Romano S and Sciarra L revised the text. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Zefferino Palamà, MD, Research Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Casa di Cura Villa Verde, Taranto 70124, Italy. zefferino.palama@icloud.com
Received: November 18, 2023
Revised: January 29, 2024
Accepted: April 9, 2024
Published online: May 26, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: The use of anticoagulation therapy could prove to be controversial when trying to balance ischemic stroke and intracranial bleeding risks in patients with concurrent cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and atrial fibrillation (AF). This review aims to provide an overview of the management of patients with concomitant AF and CAA and proposes the implementation of a risk-based decision-making algorithm.