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Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Non-Valvular AF
Author(s):
Daniel A McBride
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Timothy M Markman
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Jackson J Liang
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et al
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
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1 year ago
TCT 2022 - Dr Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy (University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, US) joins us to discuss the safety and efficacy of the Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder as suggested by the results of the AMULET-IDE Study.
AMULET-IDE was a prospective, multi-center study with a cohort of 1878 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Participants were randomized to receive either the…
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Author(s):
Praveen Rao
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Olusegun Olusesi
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Mitchell Faddis
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3 years ago
It is presumed that the pathogenesis of stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is due to embolization of thrombus from the left atrium. Within the left atrium, the left atrial appendage is the predominant site of thrombus formation. In a study of 233 patients with new onset AF of greater than 48 hours in duration who were not anticoagulated, left atrial appendage thrombus was present in 15 %…
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Dhiraj Gupta
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Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
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Author(s):
Richard Whitlock
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2 years ago
In this short late-breaking interview, Dr Richard Whitlock (McMaster University, CA) shares the key findings and lessons from the LAAOS III Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation evaluation. The study showed that concomitant surgical AF ablation was not associated with a reduced risk of stroke, or systemic embolism at a mean follow-up of 3.8 years.
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Findings of LAAOS III study…
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Jacqueline Saw
Job title: Clinical Associate Professor
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Ole De Backer
Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Author(s):
Jacqueline Saw
Start date:
Jul 24, 2015
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