Purpose LAAO has been an alternative therapy to oral anticoagulants (OACs) for stroke
prophylaxis in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) with elevated CHA2DS2 …

Introduction Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) with LARIAT offers an alternative to oral
anticoagulation (OAC) for patients with atrial fibrillation. The aim of this study was to present …

Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC), a device-based therapy for stroke prevention in
patients with atrial fibrillation, is considered an alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy …

Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion devices have the potential to influence the clinical
approach to stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). A number of …

Purpose The WATCHMAN device for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) has proven to
be an effective alternative to oral anticoagulation (OAC) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) …

Background Transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion has been proven to be an
effective treatment for stroke prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation. For this purpose …

Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) is an alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy in
patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation for the prevention of embolic stroke and systemic …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a worldwide epidemic associated with significant morbidity and
mortality, often due to disabling or fatal thromboembolic stroke. Oral anticoagulation is highly …

Objectives We evaluated the safety and efficacy of percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA)
occlusion performed as a day case procedure. Background LAA occlusion has been shown …

Although convincing data showed that left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion could be used
as an alternative to oral anticoagulants, LAA occlusion has emerged as a common …