Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke

Whitlock, Richard; P. Belley‐Côté, Emilie; Paparella, Domenico; S. Healey, Jeff; Brady, Katheryn; Sharma, Mukul; Reents, Wilko; Budera, Petr; J Baddour, Andony; Fila, Petr; Devereaux, P.J.; Bogachev‐Prokophiev, Alexander; Boening, Andreas; Teoh, Kevin; Tagarakis, Georgios; S. Slaughter, Mark; Royse, Alistair; McGuinness, Shay; Alings, Marco; P Punjabi, Prakash; David Mazer, C.; Folkeringa, Richard; Colli, Andrea; Avezum, Álvaro; Nakamya, Juliet; Balasubramanian, Kumar; Vincent, Jessica; Voisine, Pierre; Lamy, André; Yusuf, Salim; J. Connolly, Stuart

doi:10.1056/nejmoa2101897

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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • May 15, 2021

Authors:

Richard Whitlock

Emilie P. Belley‐Côté

Domenico Paparella

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage has been hypothesized to prevent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, but this has not been proved. The procedure can be performed during cardiac surgery undertaken for other reasons. METHODS: -VASc score of at least 2 (on ...

Subject

Atrial fibrillation

Left atrial appendage occlusion

Medicine

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