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Two‐Year Outcomes With a Next‐Generation Left Atrial Appendage Device: Final Results of the PINNACLE FLX Trial

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, Saibal Kar, Ashish Sadhu, Rodney Horton, Jose Osorio, Christopher Ellis, James Stone, Manish Shah, Srinivas R. Dukkipati, Stuart Adler, Devi G. Nair, Jamie Kim, Oussama Wazni, Matthew J. Price, David R. Holmes, Robert Shipley, Thomas Christen, Dominic J. Allocco, Vivek Y. Reddy   +18 more
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Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Devices Available, Pitfalls, Advantages, and Future Directions

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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Efficacy and Safety of Catheter Ablation Combined with Left Atrial Appendage Closure in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2022
Background: Catheter ablation combined with left atrial appendage closure is effective in treating atrial fibrillation. However, the effectiveness of this combined treatment compared with catheter ablation alone is still controversial.
An Wang, Jingbo Jiang, Zhitao Xie, Guoqiang Zhong   +3 more
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Different Techniques of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Their Efficacy: A Systematic Review

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
Background: Atrial fibrillation has been identified as an independent risk factor for thromboembolic events. Since 1948 different surgical techniques have described the feasibility and the rationale of left atrial surgical appendage closure.
Mizar D'Abramo, Silvia Romiti, Sara Saltarocchi, Wael Saade, Flaminia Spunticchia, Noemi Bruno, Mariangela Peruzzi, Fabio Miraldi, Giacomo Frati, Ernesto Greco, Francesco Macrina, Paolo De Orchi, Antonino G. M. Marullo   +12 more
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Case report: pulmonary artery perforation during transseptal puncture for left atrial appendage closure requires emergency cardiac operation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
Patients with atrial fibrillation who take a high bleeding risk and are not candidates for oral anticoagulation therapy are increasingly being referred for left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) as an alternative method of stroke prevention.
Yue Wang, Yue Wang, Beibei Song, Bing Liu, Hui Zhang, Chenglong Bi, Wenhao Liu, Wenhao Liu, Gang Ma, Bo Li   +9 more
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Device-Based Left Atrial Appendage Closure [PDF]

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 2011
A 56-year-old man with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation refractory to both conventional antiarrhythmic drug therapy and catheter ablation was referred for transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure. The presence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with enlarged left atrial diameter (50 mm), heart failure, recurrent episodes of refractory ...
Pappone C, Vicedomini G, Cremonesi A, Zuffada F, Santinelli V   +4 more
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Late Presentation of Pulmonary Artery-Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Formation After Left Atrial Appendage Device Closure

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice with indication for anticoagulation in those patients whose annual risk for thromboembolism is >2%. Left atrial appendage closure is growing as an alternative to anticoagulation.
Wayne H. Miller, MD, Sandhya Dhruvakumar, MD, Mina C. Owlia, MD, Greg R. D’Onofrio, MD, David Hsi, MD   +4 more
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Thrombus aspiration in the left atrial appendage: an option or a walk on the tightrope?

REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.), 2021
To the Editor, The presence of a thrombus in the left atrial appendage is a formal contraindication for its percutaneous closure and poses a serious dilemma during the therapeutic management of the patient.
Rafael J. Ruiz-Salmerón, Sergio Rodríguez de Leiras, Rafael García de la Borbolla, César Carrascosa-Rosillo, Manuel Vizcaíno-Arellano, Carlos Robles-Pérez   +5 more
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Endovascular retrieval of left atrial appendage closure device embolized to the aorta

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023
Patients with atrial fibrillation with contraindications to anticoagulation can undergo left atrial appendage closure with a device. Hours after a 73-year-old man had undergone left atrial appendage closure, he lost perfusion to his lower extremities ...
Crista E. Horton, MD, Vincent Athas, MD, David Ring, MD, Mohammed Abdallah, DO   +3 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure Under Intracardiac Echocardiographic Guidance: Feasibility and Comparison With Transesophageal Echocardiography

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, Petr Neuzil, Jan Petru, Milan Chovanec, Marek Janotka, Subbarao Choudry, Jan Skoda, Lucie Sediva, Masahiko Kurabayashi, Vivek Y. Reddy   +9 more
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