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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion [PDF]
EuroIntervention, 2017 Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a first-line therapy for stroke prevention in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF). While patients at high risk for bleeding or patients with previous bleeding have the highest relative risk reduction
Maisano, Francesco +14 more
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A Misleading Left Atrial Appendage
JACC: Case Reports, 2023 Left atrial appendage collapse is a relatively unusual echocardiographic finding. Although in post-cardiac surgery patients it may be an early sign of cardiac tamponade, and pericardiocentesis should be discussed, a conservative approach may be followed ...
David Montaigne, MD, PhD +3 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Stenosis
Echocardiography, 2001 We describe an unusual case with an anatomic narrowing at the opening of the left atrial appendage demonstrated by two-dimensional color Doppler and continuous-wave Doppler transesophageal echocardiography ...
하종원, 정남식
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The Left Atrial Appendage Revised
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017 Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is associated with a 4- to 5-fold strokes increase and may be responsible for 15% to 20% of all strokes in the elderly. In this scenario, the left atrial appendage thrombus would be the associated with 90% of cases.
Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora +5 more
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Left atrial appendage occlusion
International journal of preventive medicine, 2013 Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion is a treatment strategy to prevent blood clot formation in atrial appendage. Although, LAA occlusion usually was done by catheter-based techniques, especially percutaneous trans-luminal mitral commissurotomy (PTMC ...
Farzad Marashinia +3 more
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The missing left atrial appendage [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2012 A 34 year old man underwent a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) prior to implantation of a biventricular ICD and DC cardioversion, to exclude left atrium and left atrial appendage thrombus. He had a history of repaired tetralogy of Fallot as a child, Stickler syndrome, atrial flutter and was status post recent mitral valve replacement, pulmonary ...
Niamh M, Kilcullen +4 more
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Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage [PDF]
Clinical Cardiology, 1979 AbstractA 2‐year old asymptomatic girl is presented in whom the chest x‐ray film led to the discovery of a grossly distorted cardiac shadow. Angiocardiography showed a giant aneurysm originating from the left atrium. At operation an intrapericardial aneurysm of the left atrial appendage, measuring 12 × 4 × 4 cm, was found. It communicated with the left
L G, Van der Hauwaert +3 more
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Left atrial appendage fibroelastoma [PDF]
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2011 A 59-year-old woman suffered sudden left hemiparesis that resolved after several hours. She had a history of hypertension and atrial septal defect repair at the age of 29 but had no history of arrhythmia or other heart disease. Physical examination …
Jennifer, Chen, Itzhak, Kronzon
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Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A View From the UK [PDF]
, 2020 AF is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events, which is usually managed with oral anticoagulation therapy. However, despite a broad range of anticoagulant options and improved uptake in anticoagulation over the past decade, there are ...
Dhiraj Gupta +3 more
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Contrast-enhanced CMR in patients after percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage: A pilot study [PDF]
, 2011 Background To evaluate the feasibility and value of first-pass contrast-enhanced dynamic and post-contrast 3D CMR in patients after transcatheter occlusion of left atrial appendage (LAA) to identify incorrect placement and persistent leaks.
Steffen E Petersen +14 more
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