Intracardiac echocardiography- versus transesophageal echocardiography-guided left atrial appendage occlusion with Watchman FLX.

Carola Gianni Rodney P Horton Domenico Giovanni Della Rocca Sanghamitra Mohanty Amin Al-Ahmad Mohamed A BassiounyJ David BurkhardtG Joseph GallinghousePatrick M HranitzkyJavier E SanchezSanghamitra Mohanty

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)

ICE-guided LAAO with Watchman FLX is safe and feasible, with a significant reduction in procedural time and potential reduction in fluoroscopy dose when compared to TEE.

Keyphrases

left atrial appendage
atrial fibrillation
catheter ablation
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
computed tomography
heart failure
human health