The majority of embolic strokes in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation are caused by
thrombi in the left atrial appendage. It is projected that strokes related to atrial fibrillation will …

As increasing numbers of elderly people undergo cardiac surgery, neurologists are
frequently called upon to assess patients with neurological complications from the …

Background Among patients undergoing mitral-valve surgery, 30 to 50% present with atrial
fibrillation, which is associated with reduced survival and increased risk of stroke. Surgical …

Objective Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased early and long-term
morbidity/mortality following valve surgery. This study examined long-term influence of …

The Maze procedure was the first surgical technique developed to ablate, rather than
isolate, atrial fibrillation and was first performed clinically in 1987. The experimental and …

With a steadily increasing prevalence, atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained
cardiac arrhythmia worldwide and an independent risk factor for stroke caused by …

Surgical treatment of the left atrial appendage (LAA) has increased over the past few years.
The most serious complication of atrial fibrillation is a cerebral cardioembolic stroke. In most …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice and its
prevalence increases with age. AF causes palpitations, heart failure, and cardiogenic …

Objective There is limited evidence regarding the effectiveness of left atrial appendage
(LAA) closure during surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in yielding superior clinical …

A new era in antiembolic therapy has been initiated by the growing numbers of device-
based therapies to locally and mechanically isolate and occlude the left atrial appendage …