Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC)
Original Article The influence of left atrial appendage closure on the structure and function of the left atrium
... of left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) on the structure and function of the left atrium ...non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who had undergone percutaneous ...
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Left atrial appendage closure devices for cardiovascular risk reduction in atrial fibrillation patients
... Abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in clinical ...of atrial thrombi in nonvalvular AF patients originate from the left atrial appendage, leading ...
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Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure devices: safety, efficacy, and clinical utility
... inferiority of the device against chronic warfarin therapy. The study evaluated 707 patients with non-valvular AF, who were randomly assigned in a 1:2 ratio to either long-term warfarin (international normalized ratio ...
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Adding left atrial appendage closure to open heart surgery provides protection from ischemic brain injury six years after surgery independently of atrial fibrillation history: the LAACS randomized study
... All analyses were performed using SAS statistical soft- ware package version 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). Continuous variables are presented as mean±standard deviation and categorical variables as number and per- ...
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A comparative study of different imaging modalities for successful percutaneous left atrial appendage closure
... Finally, we would like to comment on the advantages and limitations connected with the use of ICE guidance during the procedure. First, by using ICE only during the procedure, this approach has created more flexibility ...
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... the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) and may lead to ...Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure ...percutaneous LAAC is being recommended only by European guidelines ...
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Twelve-month outcome in patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation not suitable to oral anticoagulant strategy: the WATCH-AF registry
... This real- life, prospective registry, without any patient selection, shows that the risk of recurrent brain infarc- tion or brain haemorrhage is still very high, even in the group on a long- term oral anticoagulant ...
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New-onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation is likely to recur in the absence of other triggers
... the Left Atrial Appendage Closure with Surgery (LAACS) study without prior AF ...surgical closure of left atrial appendage closure in addition to the planned ...
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Left Atrial Appendage Printing Process
... The left atrial appendage team aims to create an accurate and easy to manufacture 3D printed left atrial appendage and left ...a left atrial appendage ...
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Diagnose the Size of Left Atrial Appendage for Watchman Device
... The LAA is the most common place for the clotting that causes a stroke. The proposed approach can quickly and robustly an auto diagnostics of Left atrial appendage to achieve Left ...
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Novel nonpharmacologic approaches for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: results from clinical trials
... LAA closure with the Watchman device, followed by dual- antiplatelet therapy for up to 6 months, followed by ASA ...Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Technology), pre- sented in ...
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Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion: patient selection and perspectives
... nonvalvular atrial fibrillation are extremely ...targeting left atrial appendage occlusion was designed to fulfill the unmet clinical expectations and possibly constitutes an alternative to ...
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Contrast enhanced CMR in patients after percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage: A pilot study
... the left atrial appendage ...for left atrial thrombus forma- tion related to the phenomenon of atrial stunning ...in atrial fibrillation have a 5-fold higher risk of ...
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Novel stroke risk reduction in atrial fibrillation: left atrial appendage occlusion with a focus on the Watchman closure device
... (96%) of the patients; of these, 81 patients had a complete closure immediately. There were no device-related compli- cations, but there were access-related complications in two patients during the pericardial ...
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Feasibility and outcomes of combined transcatheter aortic valve replacement with other structural heart interventions in a single session: a matched cohort study
... Aim: To investigate the feasibility of combined single- session percutaneous cardiac interventions in the era of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Methods: This prospective, case – control study included 10 ...
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Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: an update
... of atrial thrombi in valvular AF were found in the LAA, whereas in NVAF >90% of thrombi were located in the ...LAA closure (or exclusion) provides an appealing option for stroke preven- ...different ...
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Velocity encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance to assess left atrial appendage emptying
... could incorporate information on LA dimensions and function, LAA emptying, LA fibrosis as well as on aortic plaque morphology and flow characteristics to improve current risk stratification for stroke [8-13]. Second, ...
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Impact of B-type natriuretic peptide level on the risk of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a prospective study
... or left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40 ...The left ventricular end-systolic and end- diastolic volumes and LVEF were prospectively deter- mined using the biplane Simpson’s method [16] from a ...
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The value of diastolic function parameters in the prediction of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
... The left ventricular septal and posterior wall thicknesses and end-diastolic as well as end-systolic internal dimensions were measured from 2-dimentional and M-mode TTE images ...The left ventricular mass ...
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Contrast enhanced transesophageal echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation referred to electrical cardioversion improves atrial thrombus detection and may reduce associated thromboembolic events
... Some authors suggest that the additional use of surro- gate parameters such as the presence of SEC and low LAA-flow allows for the confident identification of patients with low risk of CV related thromboembolic events ...
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