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Blood transfusion in percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: a nationwide analysis of incidence, predictors, and outcomes. [PDF]

BMC Cardiovasc Disord
Tian B, Chen C, Huang C, Chen Q, Cheng J, Wu H, Wang J, Mo J, Zhong G, Chen X.   +9 more
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Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: New perspectives for the method [PDF]

, 2017
Ischemic stroke is a common complication of atrial fibrillation (AF). Currently, oral anticoagulant drugs are the most commonly used method of stroke prevention. Left atrial appendage occlusion is thought to be the main source of thrombi in patients with
Gorczyca-Michta, Iwona, Wożakowska-Kapłon, Beata   +1 more
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Long-standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in a Patient With High Risk of Bleeding

Journal of Cardiac Arrhythmias, 2020
A 57 year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy, long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation, heart failure and episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding underwent AF ablation with pulmonary vein isolation, homogeneization of septal scar, posterior wall ...
Cristiano Pisani, Muhieddine Chokr, Carina Hardy, Sissy Lara, Mauricio Scanavacca   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Twisted left atrial appendage occlusion device

REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.), 2021
An 80-year-old male with permanent atrial fibrillation (informed consent obtained) underwent a percutaneous procedure to close the left atrial appendage (LAA).
Felipe Hernández Hernández, Esther Lázaro Fernández, José Moreu Burgos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

- LAA Occluder View for post-implantation Evaluation (LOVE) - standardized imaging proposal evaluating implanted left atrial appendage occlusion devices by cardiac computed tomography [PDF]

, 2016
Background: A standardized imaging proposal evaluating implanted left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion devices by cardiac computed tomography angiography (cCTA) has never been investigated.
Akin, Ibrahim, Behnes, Michael, Borggrefe, Martin, El-Battrawy, Ibrahim, Fastner, Christian, Haubenreisser, Holger, Henzler, Thomas, Meyer, Mathias, Sartorius, Benjamin, Schönberg, Stefan O.   +9 more
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Short and Intermediate Term Outcomes of the Convergent Procedure: Initial Experience in a Tertiary Referral Center [PDF]

, 2020
PURPOSE: The Convergent procedure is a hybrid, multidisciplinary treatment for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) consisting of minimally invasive surgical epicardial ablation and percutaneous/catheter endocardial ablation.
Hirsh, Jeffrey, Lantz, Gurion, Lee, Lawrence S., Mahlow, Jeremy, Tonks, Robert   +4 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Guided Only by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2019
Aims. To investigate a new method of left atrial appendage occlusion without fluoroscopy. Methods and Results. We performed left atrial appendage occlusion for 14 patients with atrial fibrillation in our hospital. All of the surgeries were completed in a
Jinlong Zhao, Feng Li, Yueli Zhang, Zhongyun Zhuang, Man Wang, Liang Fu, Yinkai Ni, Zhexin Lu, Zonghui Chen, Cheng Zhang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two-year clinical outcome from the Iberian registry patients after left atrial appendage closure [PDF]

, 2015
AIMS: The aim of this study was to observe the percentage of thromboembolic and haemorrhagic events over a 2-year follow-up in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) undergoing closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) with an occlusion ...
Asensio, JM, Buendía, AB, Costa, MA, de Carlos, FG, Domínguez-Franco, A, Díaz, JA, Garibi, JH, González, IC, González, RM, Gragera, JE, Hernández, FH, López Mínguez, JR, Martín Yuste, V, Ribeiro, VG   +13 more
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An Unusual Congenital Heart Disease: Giant Left Atrial Appendage

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, 2022
A 52-year-old female was admitted to our hospital in April 2021 with dyspnea. She was discharged from the hospital 3 weeks ago due to the diagnosis of pneumonia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Julio C. Sauza-Sosa, Erika L. De la Cruz-Reyna, Carlos N. Velazquez-Gutierrez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness analysis of left atrial appendage occlusion compared with pharmacological strategies for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation [PDF]

, 2016
Background Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a promising therapy for stroke prophylaxis in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) but its cost-effectiveness remains understudied. This study evaluated the cost- effectiveness of LAAO
Chow, Ines Hang-Iao, Kaya, Mehmet Gungor, Lam, Yat-Yin, Lee, Vivian Wing-Yan, Park, Jai-Wun, Tsai, Ronald Bing-Ching, Yan, Bryan Ping-Yen   +6 more
core   +3 more sources