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Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure - Dr. Jacqueline Saw
Author(s): Jacqueline Saw Start date: May 07, 2015

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Left Atrial Appendage Closure - Prof. Sacha Salzberg
Author(s): Sacha Salzberg , Christopher M Cook Start date: Jan 08, 2018

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
ICE in LAAO
Author(s): Juan Carlos Diaz , Mauricio Duque , Jorge Marin , et al Added: 1 month ago

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Sunil Kapur , Moussa Mansour Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affecting more than three million Americans.1 The management of AF revolves around the alleviation of symptoms related to an accelerated and irregular ventricular response, and the prevention of cardioembolism, notably stroke. In patients with AF, there is a fivefold increased incidence of embolic stroke.2 The prevention of systemic… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A View From the UK
Author(s): Wern Yew Ding , Dhiraj Gupta Added: 3 years ago
AF is associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic events.1,2 Risk scores are used to identify patients at high risk of such complications who may benefit from anticoagulation therapy.3 However, despite a broad range of anticoagulant options and improved uptake in anticoagulation over the past decade, there are limitations to this approach. First, there is a significant proportion of high… View more

Anticoagulation

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: BCIS and BHRS Position Statement
Author(s): Tim R Betts , Patrick A Calvert , Lee N Graham , et al Added: 1 month ago

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Intervention
LAA Morphology and Function and Stroke Risk in AF Patients
Author(s): Katarzyna Dudzińska-Szczerba , Piotr Kułakowski , Ilona Michałowska , et al Added: 1 year ago

Anticoagulation

Imaging & Diagnostics
TCT 22: AMULET-IDE: 3Y Outcomes of Amulet Device in Pts With AFib
Author(s): Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy Added: 1 year ago
TCT 2022 - Dr Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy (University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, US) joins us to discuss the safety and efficacy of the Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder as suggested by the results of the AMULET-IDE Study. AMULET-IDE was a prospective, multi-center study with a cohort of 1878 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Participants were randomized to receive either the… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Intervention
Added: 1 year ago
Complete LAA exclusion (LAAE) should always be part of any discussion about management of AF patients undergoing cardiac surgery. And here’s why… Thrombus in the LAA is believed to be the primary cause of stroke in AF patients1-3 LAAE has been shown to reduce stroke and bleeding risk1,4-6,9 Expert consensus supports the use of LAAE during concomitant cardiac surgery1,7,8 … View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Intervention
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Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Atrial Fibrillation

 Job title: Consultant Cardiologist
Prof Dhiraj Gupta is a consultant cardiologist at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH), which is the largest specialist cardiothoracic centre in the UK. ProfGupta is a very high-volume operator in interventional electrophysiology and left atrial appendage occluderwork. He proctors cardiologists nationally and internationally for complex procedures. View more