Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: the Munich consensus document on definitions, endpoints, and data collection requirements for clinical studies

Tzikas, Apostolos; R. Holmes, David; Gafoor, Sameer; E. Ruiz, Carlos; Blomström‐Lundqvist, Carina; Diener, Hans‐Christoph; Cappato, Riccardo; Kar, Saibal; J. Lee, Randal; A. Byrne, Robert; Ibrahim, Réda; Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya; Soliman, Osama; Näbauer, Michael; Schneider, Steffen; Brachmann, Johannes; L. Saver, Jeffrey; Tiemann, Klaus; Sievert, Horst; John Camm, A.; Lewalter, Thorsten

doi:10.1093/europace/euw141

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Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: the Munich consensus document on definitions, endpoints, and data collection requirements for clinical studies

Published in EP Europace • Aug 18, 2016

Authors:

Apostolos Tzikas

David R. Holmes

Sameer Gafoor

Abstract

The increasing interest in left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) for ischaemic stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) fuels the need for more clinical data on the safety and effectiveness of this therapy. Besides an assessment of the effectiveness of the therapy in specific patients groups, ...

Subject

Left atrial appendage occlusion

Atrial fibrillation

Medicine

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