Outcome and safety of intracardiac echocardiography guided left atrial appendage closure within zero-fluoroscopy atrial fibrillation ablation procedures.
Yi-He ChenLiang-Guo WangXiao-Dong ZhouYing FangLan SuSheng-Jie WuWei-Jian HuangFang-Yi XiaoPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2022)
The combination of catheter ablation and LAAC under ICE guidance was safe and effective in AF patients with high stroke risk. ICE with our novel protocol was technically feasible for comprehensive and systematic assessment of device implantation.
Keyphrases
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- randomized controlled trial
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- mitral valve
- radiofrequency ablation