Long-term outcomes after echocardiography versus fluoroscopy-guided left atrial appendage closure: Is there still a role for a simplified approach?

Thomas S GilhoferVictor SchweigerMario GehlerVictoria BokemeyerMi ChenAlessandro CandrevaMichael WürdingerDavide Di VeceChristian TemplinDavid NiederseerBarbara E StähliJulia StehliAlexander GotschyPhilipp JakobFrank RuschitzkaRonald BinderFabian NietlispachJonathan MichelA Markus Kasel

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2024)

LAAC with fluoroscopy guidance alone is equally safe and leads to similar clinical outcome compared to LAAC with additional echocardiography guidance.

Keyphrases

left atrial appendage
catheter ablation
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
pulmonary hypertension
computed tomography