Clinical outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion in general anaesthesia or conscious sedation: data from the prospective global Amplatzer Amulet Occluder Observational Study

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) using conscious sedation (CS).Background Several percutaneous structural heart disease interventions are safely and efficiently performed using CS instead of general anaesthesia (GA). This concept ha...

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Main Authors: Matteo Montorfano, Kerstin Piayda, Katharina Hellhammer, Sergio Berti, Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk, Boris Schmidt, Patrizio Mazzone, Sven Fischer, Juha Lund, Paolo Della Bella, Ryan Gage, Tobias Zeus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/3/e040455.full