Residual leaks following percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion and outcomes: a meta-analysis.

Athanasios SamarasAndreas S PapazoglouCharalampos BalomenakisAlexandra BekiaridouDimitrios V MoysidisVasiliki PatsiouAntonios OrfanidisGeorge GiannakoulasGeorge KassimisNikolaos FragakisJacqueline Saw Ulf LandmesserMohamad Adnan AlkhouliApostolos Tzikas

Published in: European heart journal (2023)

Peri-device leak detected by TEE was associated with adverse events, primarily thromboembolism. Residual leaks detected by CT were more frequent but lacked prognostic significance.

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