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Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion: patient selection and perspectives

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
Wąsek WC
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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Solid Organ Transplant Patients. [PDF]

JACC Case Rep
Dunham AJ, Noom M, Hawk F, Casals L, Koelmeyer H, Sequeira AR, Mehta V, Chandran K, Mehta JJ, Mohanty BD.   +9 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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Application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in left atrial appendage occlusion

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2020
Objective: The objective was to evaluate the application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in the left atrial appendage occlusion ...
Huang Hao Lei, Li Hua Kang, Song Zhi Yuan, Wan Chen, Yao Qing   +4 more
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The feasibility and safety of combining atrial septal defect/patent foramen ovale and left atrial appendage closure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
IntroductionAtrial Septal Defect/Patent Foramen Ovale (ASD/PFO) occlusion is performed to prevent paradoxical embolism and reduce the risk of recurrent ischemic stroke.
Yi Song, Hang Xing, Peter David Koch, Xiaofei Li, Yan Zhang   +4 more
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery II: Surgical Technique and Postoperative Management. [PDF]

, 2016
Techniques for minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement continue to evolve. This expert opinion, the second of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices for nonrobotic, minimally invasive mitral valve procedures, and for ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K, Ailawadi, Gorav, Barnhart, Glenn R, Farivar, R Saeid, Fayers, Trevor M, Goldman, Scott M, Grossi, Eugene A, Guy, T Sloane, Hargrove, W Clark, Hummel, Brian W, Khan, Junaid H, Lehr, Eric J, Lewis, Clifton TP, Malaisrie, S Chris, Mehall, John R, Moront, Michael G, Murphy, Douglas A, Rodriguez, Evelio, Ryan, William H, Salemi, Arash, Segurola, Romualdo J, Shemin, Richard J, Smith, J Michael, Smith, Robert L, Weldner, Paul W, Wolfe, J Alan   +25 more
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Intraoperative echocardiographic contrast opacifies the left atrial appendage and assists in surgical exclusion

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022
Surgical exclusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA) for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation is frequently incomplete and remains to be optimized. We present a man who did not tolerate anticoagulant and failed percutaneous occlusion. Intraoperative
Jeans M Santana, Frank M Rosell, Bhawana Dave, Aimen El Manafi   +3 more
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Development of an international standard set of outcome measures for patients with atrial fibrillation: a report of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) atrial fibrillation working group. [PDF]

, 2020
AIMS: As health systems around the world increasingly look to measure and improve the value of care that they provide to patients, being able to measure the outcomes that matter most to patients is vital.
Arbelo, E, Banerjee, A, Bollmann, A, Caffrey-Armstrong, B, Camm, AJ, Cehic, DA, Collins, M, Corbalan, R, Dandamudi, G, Das-Gupta, Z, Dorairaj, P, Fay, M, Goto, S, Granger, CB, Gyorgy, B, Healey, JS, Hendriks, JM, Hills, MT, Hobbs, FDR, Huisman, MV, Jobi-Odeneye, AO, Koplan, KE, Lane, DA, Lewis, WR, Lobban, T, McLeod, CJ, Moseley, S, Seligman, WH, Steinberg, BA, Timmis, A, Van Gelder, IC, Yutao, G   +31 more
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Left atrial appendage occlusion

Heart, 2014
Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion for stroke and thromboembolism prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) represents a significant advancement in the field of cardiovascular disease. Prevention and avoidance of the devastating consequences of thromboembolic complications from AF continues to be central in the management of these ...
Oluseun, Alli, David, Holmes
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Sutureless technique using the left atrial appendage for left pulmonary vein occlusion after catheter ablation

Surgical Case Reports, 2020
Background Pulmonary vein stenosis or occlusion is a rare but one of the most devastating complications after catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias, and surgical repair is an option in severe cases.
Naohiro Wakabayashi, Aina Hirofuji, Natsuya Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Kamiya   +3 more
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