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Broadening OPTIONs for LAA closure: innovations and outcomes
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore the latest insights into LAA closure from EuroPCR 2025. This session highlights results from the OPTION trial—the largest RCT comparing LAAC (with Watchman FLX) to DOAC therapy in AF patients undergoing ablation. The findings? Comparable stroke prevention at 3 years, with a 56 % reduction...
What are the essential aspects of transcatheter LAA closure?
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Ole De Backer and Philippe Garot discuss the rapid evolution of transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion.
They begin by contrasting patient selection in Europe and the US, where approaches diverge significantly: in Europe, very high bleeding risk remains the main criterion, while in the US, LAA...
Navigating LAA closure in retrobend chicken-wing anatomy
07 Mar 2025
A 76-year-old female patient with a history of atrial fibrillation and contraindication to long-term anticoagulation presents for left atrial appendage closure. However, preprocedural imaging reveals a challenging retrobend chicken-wing morphology. What is the best technique to optimize positioning and ensure safe, effective closure in this scenario?
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LAA closure procedure step-by-step
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Want to master the step-by-step approach to Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC)? This session is for you!
Follow expert operators as they walk you through the entire procedure, from pre-procedural imaging with TEE and CT to intracardiac echocardiography guidance and precise device deployment. Learn how to assess...
LAA closure
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
This session offers valuable insights into various aspects of left atrial appendage (LAA) closure, a critical procedure for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients. Explore improvements to the safety checklist, case studies on left atrial thrombosis and mobile thrombus management, as well as a successful case...
Best abstracts session #2
18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
This 'Best Abstracts' session features a diverse range of cutting-edge research in interventional cardiology. Explore insights into the Canadian experience with balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, gain mechanistic understanding of iatrogenic coronary artery dissections through direct angioscopic visualization, and delve into the outcomes...
Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation - the OPTION Trial
17 Nov 2024
Alessandro Sticchi provides his take on the OPTION Trial presented at AHA 2024 in Chicago.
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AHA 2024: get the interventional cardiology perspective!
13 Nov 2024
Stay up to date with what is new and hot in interventional cardiology at #AHA24 in Chicago.
LAA occlusion in reverse chicken-wing
04 Nov 2024
Discover the case of an 82-year-old female with cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension and diabetes (managed with oral antidiabetics), permanent non-valvular atrial fibrillation, who presented with recurrent episodes of epistaxis while on anticoagulants...
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LAA closure - LIVE case
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
A 78-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and a history of pacemaker implantation in 2023, presented with retinal hemorrhage while on NACO for AF. Despite a CHA2DS2-VASC score of 5, anticoagulation was withdrawn. The operators implanted a Watchman device in the LAA via a venous right femoral...
