SCAI/HRS expert consensus statement on transcatheter left atrial appendage closure

Saw, Jacqueline; R. Holmes, David; L. Cavalcante, João; V. Freeman, James; M. Goldsweig, Andrew; J. Kavinsky, Clifford; Moussa, Issam; M. Munger, Thomas; J. Price, Matthew; Reisman, Mark; W. Sherwood, Matthew; G. Turi, Zoltan; Dee Wang, Dee; Whisenant, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.01.007

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SCAI/HRS expert consensus statement on transcatheter left atrial appendage closure

Published in Heart Rhythm • Mar 27, 2023

Authors:

Jacqueline Saw

David R. Holmes

João L. Cavalcante

Abstract

Exclusion of the left atrial appendage to reduce thromboembolic risk related to atrial fibrillation was first performed surgically in 1949. Over the past 2 decades, the field of transcatheter endovascular left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has rapidly expanded, with a myriad of devices approved or...

Subject

Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Food and drug administration

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