Left atrial appendage occlusion in recurrent ischaemic stroke, a multicentre experience.

Xavier Galloo T Carmeliet Edgard A Prihadi Stijn Lochy Benjamin Scott Stefan Verheye D Schoors Paul Vermeersch

Published in: Acta clinica Belgica (2020)

Abbreviations: AF: atrial fibrillation; ESC: European Society of Cardiology; INR: international normalized ratio; LAA: left atrial appendage; LAAO: left atrial appendage occlusion; NOAC: non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants; NVAF: non-valvular atrial fibrillation; OAC: oral anticoagulation; RS: recurrent (ischaemic) stroke; SD: standard deviation; TIA: transient ischaemic attack; TOE: transoesophageal echocardiography; TTE: transthoracic echocardiography; VKA: vitamin K antagonists.

Keyphrases

left atrial appendage
atrial fibrillation
oral anticoagulants
catheter ablation
left atrial
left ventricular
direct oral anticoagulants
computed tomography
heart failure
pulmonary hypertension
percutaneous coronary intervention
clinical trial
cardiac surgery
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
venous thromboembolism