Interventional occlusion of left atrial appendage in patients with atrial fibrillation. Acute and long-term outcome of occluder implantation in the LAARGE Registry.
Johannes BrachmannThorsten LewalterIbrahim AkinHorst SievertVolker GeistUwe ZeymerDamir ErkapicHarald MudraSven PlegerMatthias HochadelJochen SengesPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2019)
LAARGE, a prospective multicenter real-world and all-comer registry, is unique in its concept, as it is non-manufacturer sponsored and includes all commercially available devices. LAAO implantation is mainly performed in elderly, critically-ill patients with a history of bleeding. LAARGE demonstrates a favorable outcome at 1-year follow-up in terms of stroke/TIA (1.3%) and major bleeding (1.6%) while using a single APT in the vast majority of patients.