Left atrial appendage occlusion in chicken-wing anatomies: Imaging assessment, procedural, and clinical outcomes of the "sandwich technique".
Xavier FreixaApostolos TzikasAdel AminianEduardo J Flores-UmanzorOle de BackerKasper KorsholmMohamed Ben YedderRocío Gonzalez-FerreiroVictor Agudelo-MontañezThomas S GilhoferFrançois SimonAthanasios SamarasAnder RegueiroLars SondergaardIgnacio Cruz-GonzalezDabit ArzamendiJacqueline SawReda IbrahimJens Erik Nielsen-KudskPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)
In a large series of patients with chicken wing LAA anatomies undergoing LAAO, the use of the "sandwich" technique was feasible and safe. Preprocedural imaging was a key-factor to determine specific measurements.