Erschienen in:
28.09.2022 | Commentary
Left atrial appendage occlusion: does it get the seal of approval?
verfasst von:
Kousik Krishnan, Moeen Saleem
Erschienen in:
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Ausgabe 2/2023
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Excerpt
In this issue of the
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, Korsholm et al. [
1] present a single-center cohort study of 150 patients undergoing left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) Amulet and 150 patients with the Watchman FLX device between 2017 and 2020. All patients had a cardiac CT performed 2 months post-implant. The primary outcome was complete left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion, defined as no visible peri-device leak (PDL) and no contrast opacification of the distal LAA. Secondary outcomes included PDL, contrast patency without visible PDL, PDL area, and periprocedural complications. …