Incomplete surgical LAA closure is associated with increased thromboembolic complications

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022 Jan;33(1):140. doi: 10.1111/jce.15293. Epub 2021 Nov 25.

Authors

Ahmet Güner¹, Ezgi G Güner¹, Macit Kalçık², Mehmet Özkan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences, Ardahan University, Ardahan, Turkey.

PMID: 34796994
DOI: 10.1111/jce.15293

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage exclusion; thromboembolism; transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Humans
Thromboembolism* / etiology