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Left atrial appendage closure devices for cardiovascular risk reduction in atrial fibrillation patients [PDF]
Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology, 2015 Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez,* Juan Carlos Rama-Merchan,* Javier Rodriguez-Collado, Javier Martin-Moreiras, Alejandro Diego-Nieto, Antonio Arribas-Jimenez, Pedro Luís SanchezDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Cardiology and IBSAL, Salamanca,
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Percutaneous retrieval of a dislodged watchman left atrial appendage closure device [PDF]
Cardiology Plus, 2016 A 46-year-old female underwent left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with a Watchman LAAC device. During the procedure, the device embolized into the descending aorta. A new device was implanted to the left atrial appendage complete the closure.
Jiangtao Yu +3 more
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The Left Atrial Appendage Revised [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryNonvalvular 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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Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion: patient selection and perspectives [PDF]
Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology, 2016 Wojciech C Wąsek Cardiology Department, Military Institute of Medicine, The Central Teaching Hospital of the Ministry of Defense, Szaserów, Warsaw, Poland Abstract: The issues of stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
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Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure. [PDF]
, 2021 Background Elderly patients have a higher burden of comorbidities that influence clinical outcomes. We aimed to compare in-hospital outcomes in patients =80 years old to younger patients, and to determine the factors associated with increased risk of ...
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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.
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Effective Therapeutic Intervention for Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus: Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure [PDF]
, 2022 Objective: The thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage (LAA) can be challenging for operators and increases peri-procedural complication risk.
Kaya, Baris +7 more
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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 +12 more
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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 +9 more
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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 +4 more
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