Outcomes in patients implanted with a Watchman device in relation to choice of anticoagulation and indication for implant.

Muhammad AjmalMathew D HutchinsonKwan LeeJulia H Indik

Published in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2021)

Patients implanted with a Watchman device were increasingly over time prescribed a DOAC and implanted without a history of major bleeding. Bleeding and thromboembolic events were infrequent and related neither to choice of anticoagulant nor to prior major bleeding.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
venous thromboembolism
left atrial appendage
type diabetes
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes
decision making
insulin resistance
catheter ablation