Considerations for left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery

CB Sylvester, V Patel, RK Ghanta, G Loor - Cardiovascular Drugs and …, 2023 - Springer
Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of stroke secondary to thrombus
formation in the left atrial appendage. Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is an effective …

Left atrial appendage closure: an alternative to anticoagulation for stroke prevention in patients with kidney disease

S Vallurupalli, T Sharma, S Al'Aref, SR Devabhaktuni… - Kidney360, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Anticoagulation to reduce thromboembolic stroke risk due to nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in
ESKD is associated with increased bleeding. There is an existing debate in ESKD centers …

[HTML][HTML] Association of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease with procedural complications and in-hospital outcomes from left atrial appendage …

MB Munir, MZ Khan, D Darden, M Nishimura, S Vanam… - Heart rhythm O2, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) has emerged as an alternative strategy
to oral anticoagulation for mitigating ischemic stroke risk in selected patients with atrial …

Combined atrial fibrillation ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion procedure in the United States: a propensity score matched analysis from 2016–2019 national …

DK Pasupula, SK Siddappa Malleshappa, MB Munir… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims The safety and feasibility of combining percutaneous catheter ablation (CA) for atrial
fibrillation with left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) as a single procedure in the USA …

Outcomes of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation in atrial fibrillation patients based on underlying stroke risk

LF Messele, MZ Khan, D Darden, S Agarwal… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing percutaneous left atrial
appendage occlusion (LAAO) based on the underlying stroke risk (defined by the CHA2DS2 …

Plateauing atrial fibrillation burden in acute ischemic stroke admissions in the United States from 2010 to 2020

FO Otite, SD Patel, E Aneni… - … Journal of Stroke, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Utilization of oral anticoagulants for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) prevention in
patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) increased in the United States over the last decade …

Patient characteristics associated with using transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion versus oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation

KJ Lin, DE Singer, J Avorn, EK Heist… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is an alternative to
oral anticoagulants (OACs) for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, but the …

Association of advanced age with procedural complications and in-hospital outcomes from left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation in patients with atrial …

MB Munir, MZ Khan, D Darden, ZUA Asad… - Journal of Interventional …, 2022 - Springer
Background Age-stratified analyses of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing
percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) are limited. The purpose of current …

Association of heart failure with procedural complications and in-hospital outcomes from left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation in patients with atrial …

MB Munir, MZ Khan, D Darden, ZU Abideen Asad… - Europace, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine outcomes in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing percutaneous left
atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) with concomitant heart failure with preserved ejection …

Intracardiac vs transesophageal echocardiography for left atrial appendage occlusion with watchman FLX in the US

EG Ferro, M Alkhouli, DG Nair, SR Kapadia… - Clinical …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Intraprocedural imaging is critical for device delivery in transcatheter left atrial
appendage occlusion (LAAO). Although pivotal trials of LAAO devices were conducted using …