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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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Atrial septal closure and complications

View this session if you wish to discuss percutaneous closure when treating fenestrated ASD, find out more about ASD with anomalous systemic venous drainage with unusual vascular access closure, deepen your mastery of the ASD closure balloon-assisted technique, and discover the "Twin shot" rescue procedure.

EuroPCR 2021 Atrial septal closure complications

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