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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PCR e-Course 2020 Hot line: left atrial appendage closure

27 Jun 2020 – From PCR e-Course 2020

Watch a series of Hot Lines on LAA closure presented during the PCR e-Course 2020, followed by an analysis of the results and their impact on your practice: LAA occlusion vs. NOAC, Amulet IDE Roll-in cohort, identification of potential LAAC candidates.

PCR e-Course Hot lines: left atrial appendage closure

Hotlines and innovations on stroke - PCR e-Course 2020

25 Jun 2020 – From PCR e-Course 2020

View a selection of hot lines from PCR e-Course 2020 on the topic of stroke:

  • The SIBERIA trial for carotid artery stenosis
  • A multicentre clinical study of LEFTEAR LAAC device
Hotlines and innovations on stroke

Left atrial appendage closure versus direct oral anticoagulants in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation

23 Jun 2020

Although the main finding of the PRAGUE-17 study was of no differences between the two groups in terms of the composite primary endpoint or significant bleeding, there are some other important points to consider.

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
LAAC versus DOACs in high-risk patients with AF

Challenging cases on mitral interventions, TAVI and LAA closure

15 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session to discover various challenging cases, such as: systolic anterior motion with mitral regurgitation triggered by TAVI, transcatheter mitral valve repair using MitraClip through atrial septal defect, ACS complicating transcaval TAVI, and more!

Morning cases

Session for the Co-medicals in Japanese

15 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020

Consult this session dedicated to the co-medicals, to discover the nurse's perspective on percutaneous LAA closure, a study on the reduction of scattered radiation exposure in TAVI, and more!

Session for the Co-medicals in Japanese

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!