Hospital outcomes of patients receiving catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, left atrial appendage closure, or both.
Ramez MorcosHaider Al TaiiMuni RubensAnshul SaxenaVenkataraghavan RamamoorthyMohamed HamedAmr F BarakatNitin KulkarniHouman KhaliliSantiago GarciaMichael MegalyEmir VeledarStavros StavrakisPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2022)
The combined approach is infrequently used in clinical practice (<ā1%). However, major life-threatening adverse events did not differ between CA and LAAC when performed in isolation or combined in a single procedural stage on the same day.