Left atrial enlargement and clinical considerations in patients with or without a residual interatrial shunt after closure of the left atrial appendage with the WATCHMAN™-device

Left atrial enlargement and clinical considerations in patients with or without a residual interatrial shunt after closure of the left atrial appendage with the WATCHMAN™-device

Abstract Background Interventional closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, high thromboembolic and bleeding risk or bleeding history is an alternative therapeutic strategy to oral anticoagulation. It is not known if the exclusion of the LAA from...

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Main Authors: Blerim Luani, Thomas Groscheck, Conrad Genz, Ivan Tanev, Thomas Rauwolf, Joerg Herold, Senad Medunjanin, Alexander Schmeisser, Rüdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
LAA closure
Watchman device
Left atrial volume
3D transthoracic echocardiography
Device related thrombi
Interatrial shunt
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-017-0728-6

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