Left Atrial Appendage Isolation for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Has a Yellow Flag Been Raised?

JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec 14;6(13):1698-1700. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.08.026.

Authors

Jonathan S Steinberg¹, Alexander Romanov²

Affiliations

¹ University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA; Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Electronic address: jsteinberg@smgnj.com.
² E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.

PMID: 33334449
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.08.026

No abstract available

Keywords: LAA closure; ablation; atrial fibrillation; isolation; left atrial appendage; longstanding persistent AF.

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MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Catheter Ablation*
Humans
Thromboembolism*
Thrombosis*