Cardiology is on the brink of making a big mistake. Our embrace of percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage as a means of reducing stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) ...

The device is intended to serve as an alternative to warfarin for the reduction of thromboembolism risk in the left atrial appendage among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who are at high ...

A left atrial appendage closure is a procedure your doctor may recommend if: you have atrial fibrillation (also known as AF or AFib) or you are not a good candidate for taking blood thinner medication ...

A decision model found that the relative clinical benefit of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) and oral anticoagulants (OAC) in patients with atrial fibrillation depends on the patients' baseline ...

BARCELONA, Spain—Another small, proof-of-concept trial is suggesting that surgical closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) during cardiac surgery can protect against postoperative cerebral ischemia ...

Each year in the US, more than 300,000 people have heart surgery. To reduce risk of stroke for their patients, surgeons often will close the left atrial appendage, which is a small sac in the left ...

No benefit in terms of prevention of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack and cardiovascular mortality after 1 year was observed when surgical left atrial appendage occlusion was performed in ...

The left atrial appendage is the most common site for cardiac thrombus. It is anatomically attached to the left inferior portion of the left atrium and consists of muscular trabeculae. The left atrial ...

Patients who had leakage to the left atrial appendage due to incomplete device sealing after left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) experienced more clotting and bleeding events within a year ...