Left atrial appendage exclusion during mitral valve surgery and stroke in atrial fibrillation.
Victor A AbrichAalap D NarichaniaWilliam T LoveLouis A LanzaWin-Kuang ShenDan SorajjaPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)
LAA exclusion was associated with fewer cerebrovascular events. However, this benefit was seen only with concomitant surgical ablation.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- minimally invasive
- oral anticoagulants
- coronary artery bypass
- direct oral anticoagulants
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- surgical site infection
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- cerebral ischemia
- brain injury