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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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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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Left Atrial Appendage Closure

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
By implanting a closure device into the left atrial appendage, this procedure offers an alternative to oral anticoagulants, which is crucial for patients with contraindications to standard therapy.
Benjamin Hibbert, Abdullah Al-Abcha
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Left Atrial Appendage and Closure [PDF]

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2016
Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation have a 4- to 5-fold increase in strokes and that rhythm may be responsible for 15% to 20% of all strokes, particularly in the elderly. In this setting, thrombus in the left atrial appendage has been found to be the source of stroke in 90% of cases.
David R, Holmes, Vivek Y, Reddy
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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 –The WATCHMAN Device [PDF]

Current Cardiology Reviews, 2015
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias seen in clinical cardiology practice. Patients with non-valvular AF have an approximately 5-fold increase in the risk of stroke, with an exponential increase with advancing age. Cardioembolic strokes carry a high mortality risk.
Akinapelli, Abhilash, Bansal, Ojas, Chen, Jack P., Pflugfelder, Alex, Gordon, Nicole, Stein, Kenneth, Huibregtse, Barbara, Hou, Dongming   +7 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018
Transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure is an alternative strategy for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with contraindications for long-term anticoagulant treatment [(1)][1].
Fauchier, Laurent, Cinaud, Alexandre, Brigadeau, François, Lepillier, Antoine, Pierre, Bertrand, Gras, Daniel, Mansourati, Jacques, Deharo, Jean Claude, Montalescot, Gilles, Defaye, Pascal   +9 more
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