LAA (Left Atrial Appendage) closure

Find all the latest content on left atrial appendage (LAA) published on this website.

Today, with an aging population, atrial fibrillation is more common and carries with it an increased risk of embolic cerebrovascular accidents. Anticoagulation strategies alone are not sufficient, and as a large proportion of the thrombus involved in these cerebrovascular accidents are seen to arise in the left atrial appendage (LAA), its closure, either surgically or by percutaneous methods, could reduce risk. Learn more about imaging, tools, devices and techniques as well as adjunctive pharmacotherapy, vascular access and bleeding here…

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Stroke Prevention Day - Essentials in LAA closure

14 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to learn more about patient selection for LAA closure, the importance of TEE/CT imaging to identify LAA anatomy/morphology, and discover how to detect immediate/late complications and how to manage them, thanks to a selection of various challenging cases.

Stroke Prevention Day - Essentials in LAA closure

EuroIntervention - Consensus paper on LAA occlusion

10 Sep 2019

Read the EHRA/EAPCI expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion, by M. Glikson, et al.

Authors :

M. Glikson; R. Wolff; G. Hindricks; J. Mandrola; A. John Camm; G. Y.H. Lip; L. Fauchier; T. R. Betts; T. Lewalter; J. Saw; A. Tzikas; L. Sternik; F. Nietlispach; S. Berti; H. Sievert; S. Bertog; B. Meier
EuroIntervention - Consensus paper on LAA occlusion

TAVI and stroke prevention

Systematic imaging has shown silent injury to the brain in the vast majority of TAVI patients. Jean-Philippe Collet (France) asks Alexandra Lansky (USA and UK) about the incidence, risk factors and protection in periprocedural stroke. From explaining the mechanical causes and the rates of clinical and...

TAVI and stroke prevention

TAVI and stroke prevention

24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn all about how to prevent stroke during TAVI, especially in patients at high risk for cerebral embolism or with atrial fibrillation, through cerebral protection devices, anticoagulation, LAA closure, and more!

TAVI and stroke prevention

Structural interventions: thrombus horribilis!

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn all about how to manage massive thrombus thanks to various compelling clinical cases, involving a mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis, a left atrial thrombus attached to a LAA closure system, and more!

Structural interventions: thrombus horribilis!

Trials and registries - Managing bleeding risk in search of optimal drug-device synergy

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover the results of the latest trials and registries for the management of bleeding risk in search of optimal drug-device synergy: ROBOT-ACS, GLOBAL LEADERS, SAFE-A, and more!

Trials and registries - Managing bleeding risk in search of optimal drug-device synergy

Complex transcatheter valve interventions

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on complex transcatheter valve interventions, to learn all about the current practice in transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve treatment and the use of TAVI in complex clinical scenarios.

Complex transcatheter valve interventions

LAA Closure - LIVE Case

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn more about how to efficiently manage LAA closure for stroke prevention, thanks to a compelling LIVE demonstration from Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, France, during EuroPCR 2019. Discover the case of a 81 years-old female with intracranial hemmorrhage  and multiple cerebral cavernomatosis; watch the treatment...

LAA Closure - LIVE Case

Complex anatomy and complications during LAA closure

22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on to learn more about how to manage complex anatomy and complications during LAA closure, and discover compelling cases such as the retrieval of LAA-occluder from left ventricular outflow tract, the double device LAA closure, and more!

Complex anatomy and complications during LAA closure

Left atrial appendage closure - A case-based discussion

22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to understand how to plan LAAC procedure and to review the new features and benefits of the new generation device...

Left atrial appendage closure - A case-based discussion