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Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, 2023 Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia worldwide, placing a large population at risk for potentially disabling ischemic strokes, yet an estimated 50% of eligible patients cannot tolerate or are contraindicated to receive oral anticoagulation ...
Gordon X. Wong, Gagan D. Singh
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices
Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2014 Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk for thromboembolic stroke five-fold. The left atrial appendage (LAA) has been shown to be the main source of thrombus formation in the majority of strokes associated with AF.
Jorge Romero +4 more
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The effect of the pericardial patching exclusion technique for left atrial appendage closure on postoperative reopening rate [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersBackground The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the primary source of cardiogenic embolism in atrial fibrillation patients. Traditional LAA closure methods have shown suboptimal clinical outcomes.
Qinpu Wang +7 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016 BackgroundTranscatheter left atrial appendage closure is an alternative therapy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients. These procedures are currently guided with transesophageal echocardiography and fluoroscopy in most centers.
Yae Matsuo +9 more
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Endocardial obliterative left atrial appendage closure by inverted purse-string plicationCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]
JTCVS TechniquesObjective: To describe an endocardial obliterative left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) technique using inverted appendage purse-string plication added to 2-layer orifice closure and to evaluate anatomic and clinical outcomes in minimally invasive and ...
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, MD, PhD +4 more
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Transjugular left atrial appendage closure
REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)A 52-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, thrombocytopenia, and severe gastrointestinal bleeding while on several anticoagulants was referred for left atrial appendage closure.
Juan Gabriel Córdoba-Soriano +2 more
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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Several studies in literature have shown that 90% of emboli related to non-valvular atrial fibrillation originate from left atrial appendage. Percutaneous closure or surgical exclusion of left atrial appendage in patients with high bleeding and high ...
Fabrizio Guarracini +13 more
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Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure [PDF]
Vnitřní lékařství, 2020 Stroke is one of the most severe complications of atrial fibrillation. Oral anticoagulation is the first choice therapy in prevention of cardiac embolic events. Particularly in patients with the history of serious bleeding, oral anticoagulation may be contraindicated.
Marek, Hozman, Pavel, Osmančík
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background The PINNACLE FLX (Protection Against Embolism for Non‐valvular AF [Atrial Fibrillation] Patients: Investigational Device Evaluation of the Watchman FLX LAA [Left Atrial Appendage] Closure Technology) trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of ...
Shephal K. Doshi +18 more
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US Cardiology Review, 2023 Transcatheter left atrial appendage closure has emerged as a non-pharmacological alternative to long-term anticoagulation for stroke prevention in appropriately selected patients with AF.
Chirag Bavishi
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