Concomitant Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: a Review.
Richard P WhitlockEmilie P Belley-CôtéPublished in: Current cardiology reports (2022)
-VASc score ≥ 2 undergoing cardiac surgery for another indication. The role of surgical left atrial appendage occlusion with patients without atrial fibrillation, as a substitute to anticoagulation and as a standalone procedure, remains unclear.
Keyphrases
- left atrial appendage
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- cardiac surgery
- left atrial
- direct oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- acute kidney injury
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- venous thromboembolism
- patient reported
- coronary artery disease