Left atrial appendage closure in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute ischaemic stroke despite anticoagulation.
Avia Abramovitz FouksShadi YaghiMagdy H SelimElif GökçalAlvin S DasOfer RotschildScott B SilvermanAneesh B SinghalSunil KapurSteven M GreenbergMahmut Edip GurolPublished in: Stroke and vascular neurology (2024)
-VASc scores (8.44%) and to recent large series of AIS-despite-OAC patients treated with OAC/aspirin only (5.3%-8.9%). These hypothesis-generating findings support randomised trials of LAAC in AIS-despite-OAC patients.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- clinical trial
- low dose
- liver failure
- open label
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- venous thromboembolism
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- intensive care unit
- antiplatelet therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- double blind
- hepatitis b virus
- acute respiratory distress syndrome