Guiding atrial fibrillation ablation combined with left atrial appendage occlusion procedure by fluoroscopy with or without transesophageal echocardiography achieved comparable outcomes.
Weilun MengXiang LiZhongyuan RenYixing ZhengJingying ZhangHaotian YangRong GuoHailing LiJun ZhangYiqian WangPeng JiaDongdong ZhaoYawei XuPublished in: Clinical cardiology (2023)
Compared with DSA and TEE guidance, DSA-guided combined procedure could shorten the procedural time, while achieving similar periprocedural and long-term feasibility and safety.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- catheter ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- minimally invasive
- oral anticoagulants
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- pulmonary hypertension
- skeletal muscle
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- acute coronary syndrome
- glycemic control