Stephen Tuohy

@Grazer388 @ilovelimerick Glad your procedure went well. Great for patients of Limerick region to have treatment options close to home.

@StephenTuohyEP @ilovelimerick Had one done last year.Amazing work by all involved.Life savers❤️

First cardiac ablation in the city of Limerick today. EP has finally arrived in the Midwest region of Ireland. Thanks to the team at Bon Secours Limerick for making it happen.

@SyedYNaqvi1 @ilovelimerick Thanks Ali. Hope you are keeping well.

@StephenTuohyEP @ilovelimerick Congratulations Stephen 🎊 👏 keep it up team Bons Secour Limerick 😃

@TomasPGriffin @ilovelimerick @StephenTu Thanks Tom - it was a great team effort.

@StephenTuohyEP @ilovelimerick Well done @stephentu

📣Media release @hrs_journal 🧵1/5 *⃣Three recent Heart Rhythm publications examine esophageal effects of PFA from three complementary angles: clinical endoscopy, luminal temperature monitoring, and preclinical histopathology. ❓Is PFA really 'absolutely' safe for the esophagus ❓Do we need to be careful in specific situations #EPeeps #cardiotwitter @EPeeps_Bot @jskoruth @abhishekmaan_md @VivekReddyMD @HeartRhythmTV @HeartRhythmAdvo @drjohnm @narrowQRS

Guidelines recommend that anticoagulation be continued indefinitely after atrial fibrillation ablation in patients at risk for stroke. The risks and benefits of this practice are unclear. Research findings from the OCEAN trial are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/4sRNTXr

We, @jskoruth report the first case of Esophageal injury after PVI using PFA (heartrhythmjournal.com/article/S1547-…)

Huge win for Ireland. Come on you boys in Green. #COYBIG

@MelbourneEPdoc @joselmerino Agreed. I would have preferred to see rivaroxaban 20mg vs placebo.

@joselmerino Why 15mg?

OCEAN just published in NEJM. In AF patients >1 yr after successful ablation, rivaroxaban did not reduce stroke/systemic embolism/new covert infarcts vs aspirin (0.31 vs 0.66 events/100 pt-yrs; P=0.28). Bleeding higher with rivaroxaban (1.6% vs 0.6%). nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

#AHA25: VITAL-AF trial: Stressor-associated atrial fibrillation (AF) carries similar risks of stroke, bleeding, and death as primary AF ; yet patients are less likely to receive oral anticoa... ahajrnls.org/4nJRQJQ @JHaimovichMD @shaan_khurshid @MGHHeartHealth @MGBResearchNews

OCEAN journal club kickstarter: 1.) does failure to show superiority prove statistical non-inferiority? @drjohnm 2.) delta would be magnified or same with larger sample size? ARISTOTLE had 18k patient and warfarin event rate was 1.6 % 3.) what if apixaban was used? 4.) why AC for CHADS2VASc 1? nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Potentially practice changing OCEAN trial. After successful AF ablation may be safe to stop anticoagulants in selected patients. #AHA2025 #epeeps

Presented at #AHA25: In patients with atrial fibrillation after successful ablation, rivaroxaban therapy did not lead to a significantly lower incidence of a composite of stroke, systemic embolism, or new covert embolic stroke than aspirin therapy. Full OCEAN trial results: nej.md/3LsRJ86 @AHAScience

Confirmation of poorer outcomes caused by prolonged waiting times for catheter ablation of AF.

Initial testing choice between coronary CTA and stress testing for suspected CAD showed no difference in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality among patients with stable symptoms. ja.ma/47fvIlE

AQUATIC trial: In patients with chronic coronary syndrome who were receiving long-term oral anticoagulation therapy, the appropriate antithrombotic regimen is unclear. Whether aspirin improves outcomes in these patients is unknown. Research findings are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/42U5jHz

Atrial fibrillation ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy – should we propose these patients to intervention? More on the potential outcomes in ow.ly/x9oM50X7Ify #EHJQCCO #AFib #HCM #PVI @cpgale3 @diogoasantosfer @m_piepoli

Extremely proud to establish Galway’s Hybrid management of AFIB in collaboration with @Stephentuohy esteemed EP cardiologist. Thank you to Mr John Yap ,Senior cardiac and aortic surgeon from St barts who proctored us making our experience a memorable and fruitful experience.

Congratulations @RobNKerley great achievement.