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Thorsten Hanke

Thorsten Hanke

Biography

Thorsten Hanke is Associate Director of the Cardiac Surgery Clinic at the Asklepios Clinic Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. He is specialised in treating atrial fibrillation surgically and inaugurated a surgical stand-alone LAA treatment program at the Cardiac Surgery Clinic in Harburg in 2016. He is the head of the steering committee of the German Surgical ablation registry (CASE-AF), which started in 2016 and which oversees over 400 patients after surgical ablation and LAA treatment.

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AF Stroke Prevention – Applying New Guidance in the Real World
AF Stroke Prevention – Applying New Guidance in the Real World

Gregory Lip Elena Arbelo Thorsten Hanke et al

  • 1.00 EBAC

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Learning objectives

  • Recall the risk of ischaemic stroke in AF patients
  • Compare therapeutic efficacy and risk between left atrial appendage closure and oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation
  • Review European guideline updates on the use of left atrial appendage closure in atrial fibrillation
  • Summarise the clinical evidence behind non-pharmacological approaches to stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
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