| Left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Europe: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey. | |
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PMID: 23233491 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The purpose of this EP wire survey was to assess clinical practice in relation to the use of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) devices for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) among members of the European Heart Rhythm Association research network. The average number of performed LAAO was 10.6 per year and most (73%) centres performed ≤10 procedures per year. We found that LAAO was being performed for stroke prevention in AF, for the most common indication being 'the patient has absolute contraindication to long term oral anticoagulants'. Among survey respondents, LAAO procedures are most often performed by interventional cardiologists. Experience varied widely, and this was reflected in the wide range of thromboembolic and procedural (tamponade, bleeding) complications reported by the respondents to this EP wire survey. |
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Gregory Y H Lip; Nikolaos Dagres; Alessandro Proclemer; Jesper Hastrup Svendsen; Laurent Pison; Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist; |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology Volume: 15 ISSN: 1532-2092 ISO Abbreviation: Europace Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-12-12 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883649 Medline TA: Europace Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 141-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital Birmingham, England, UK. |
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