Symptomatic vs. non-symptomatic device-related thrombus after LAAC: a sub-analysis from the multicenter EUROC-DRT registry.
Vivian VijIgnacio Cruz-GonzálezRoberto GaleaKerstin PiaydaDominik NellesLara VogtSteffen GloeklerMonika FürholzBernhard MeierLorenz RäberGilles O'HaraDabit ArzamendiVictor AgudeloLluis AsmaratsXavier FreixaEduardo Flores-UmanzorOle De BackerLars SondergaardLuis Nombela-FrancoAngela McInerneyPablo SalinasKasper KorsholmJens Erik Nielsen-KudskShazia AfzalTobias ZeusFelix OperhalskiBoris SchmidtGilles MontalescotPaul GuedeneyXavier IriartNoelie MitonJacqueline SawThomas GilhoferLaurent FauchierEgzon VeliqiFelix MeinckeNils PetriPeter NordbeckRocio Gonzalez-FerreiroDeepak L BhattAlessandra LaricchiaAntonio MangieriHeyder OmranJan Wilko SchrickelJosep Rodes-CabauGeorg NickenigHorst SievertAlexander SedaghatPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2023)
Stroke/SE are documented in 14.2% and occur both in close temporal relation to the DRT finding and chronologically independently therefrom. Identification of risk factors remains cumbersome, putting all DRT patients at substantial risk for stroke/SE. Further studies are necessary to minimize the risk of DRT and ischemic events.