Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion on a Beating Heart during Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery Using an Aortic Endoclamp: A Case Report.
Mathieu N SuleimanAnn-Sophie KaemmererJörg FechnerEhab NoohMichael WeyandChristian HeimPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
Concomitant LAA occlusion has been shown to be an effective and safe treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation during cardiac surgery to prevent embolic stroke. Minimally invasive procedures are challenging due to restricted access to and visibility of the surgical site. Also, aortic endoclamping has been developed as an alternative surgical approach to exoclamping. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the method of beating heart LAA occlusion with the Atriclip ® (AtriCure, Mason, OH, USA) device during minimally invasive mitral valve surgery while using the endoclamping alternative for aortic cross-clamping.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial appendage
- left ventricular
- cardiac surgery
- heart failure
- left atrial
- robot assisted
- pulmonary artery
- aortic dissection
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- acute kidney injury
- catheter ablation
- pulmonary hypertension
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- replacement therapy
- blood brain barrier
- cerebral ischemia