Feasibility of Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Atrial Fibrillation Patients with a History of Intracranial Bleeding: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.
Muhammad AjmalQurat Ul Ain Riaz SipraCristina PecciNusrum IqbalSulaiman RathorePublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2020)
Left atrial appendage occlusion can potentially be an effective and relatively safe treatment option to reduce the risk of ischemic stroke in selected patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients and history of intracranial hemorrhage. Future prospective randomized trials are needed to validate this approach.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- acute coronary syndrome
- current status
- left ventricular
- venous thromboembolism
- optical coherence tomography
- smoking cessation