Incidence and Outcomes of Pericardial Effusion/Tamponade Following Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Am J Cardiol. 2021 Dec 1:160:126-129. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.08.028.

Authors

Toshiaki Isogai¹, Anas M Saad¹, Shashank Shekhar¹, Shunsuke Kuroda¹, Abdelrahman I Abushouk¹, Mohamed M Gad¹, Oussama M Wazni¹, Amar Krishnaswamy¹, Samir R Kapadia²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: kapadis@ccf.org.

PMID: 34740391
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.08.028

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ablation Techniques*
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Blood Transfusion / statistics & numerical data
Cardiac Catheterization*
Cardiac Tamponade / epidemiology*
Female
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Incidence
Ischemic Attack, Transient / epidemiology
Ischemic Stroke / epidemiology
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Pericardial Effusion / epidemiology*
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Postoperative Hemorrhage / epidemiology
Postoperative Hemorrhage / therapy
Retrospective Studies
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / prevention & control*