LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION FOLLOWING LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE ISOLATION

Authors :: John Burkhardt
Gerald Gallinghouse
Carola Gianni
Patrick Hranitzky
Javier Sanchez
Domenico G. Della Rocca
Andrea Natale
Rodney Horton
Sanghamitra Mohanty
Amin Al-Ahmad
Matthew Price
Varuna Gadiyaram
Chintan Trivedi
Douglas N. Gibson
Luigi Di Biase
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A405
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: LAA isolation is an important adjunctive ablation strategy in patients with non-paroxysmal AF. Given the high prevalence of poor contractile function of the LAA, the risk of stroke in this cohort is high and OAC is recommended despite maintenance of SR. LAA occlusion (LAAO) devices are a potential