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Looking at the heart and the brain - What is the role of LAA closure?
18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Based on a pre-registered case study of a 68-year-old male patient, DG, who presented with atrial fibrillation, intracranial bleeding on warfarin, and compartment syndrome secondary to bleeding from warfarin, this EuroPCR 2022 session will allow you to discuss the challenges of treating AF patients with previous intracranial...
Stroke prevention and diagnosis
18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch these videos on stroke prevention and diagnosis to learn more about the impact of pre-procedural CT on LAAC outcomes, the sex differences in safety and effectiveness of LAA closure, the temporal changes and clinical significance of peri-device leak following LAAO, and more!
Stroke preventing interventions: pitfalls and complication management
18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch this session on LAA closure to discover various ways to manage some pitfalls and complications, such as a massive air embolism, a rare source of thromboembolism, and more!
Innovative devices for innovative procedures
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
This session focuses on innovations to invent or improve therapeutic modalities in the cath lab based on unmet needs in PCI, LAAO, CHF interventions, intravascular imaging and therapeutics, TAVI, and peripheral vascular interventions.
Interventions for Stroke
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 82 year-old male patient with an history of AF, hypertension and CAD with PCI to the LAD and LCx, presenting with worsening dizziness. MRI reveals a cavernoma in the right corona radiata with subacute haemorrhage. Watch the video to know more...
A novel approach to left atrial appendage occlusion (when Watchman/Amulet won’t fit!)
06 Apr 2022
See the case of a 76-year-old female patient with mitral valve repair 10 years prior found to have incomplete surgically ligated left atrial appendage, who was referred for closure.
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Residual Leaks Post Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
03 Apr 2022
Michele Pighi provides his take on the National Cardiovascular LAAO Registry that analyzed data from 51,333 patients who underwent LAAO procedures with the WATCHMAN device between 2016-2019, as part of the College's NCDR registries.
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4-year outcomes after left atrial appendage closure versus Nonwarfarin oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation
24 Jan 2022
Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) is a promising interventional treatment option for preventing cardioembolic events in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who can not tolerate long-term oral anticoagulation.
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SWISS-APERO: a randomized trial of the amulet versus watchman FLX devices for left atrial appendage closure
04 Nov 2021
The SWISS-APERO is a prospective, investigator-initiated, randomized, multi-center, and clinical trial designed to compare the Amulet and Watchman (2.5 and FLX) devices in a head-to-head fashion.
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Amulet IDE: Amplatzer Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder RCT - 12-Month Closure Follow-up
04 Nov 2021
Ali Nazmi Calik reviews Amulet IDE, a prospective, randomized, multi-center and active-control trial designed to compare the Amulet and Watchman 2.5 devices in a head-to-head fashion, and presented by Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy during TCT 2021.
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