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Lariat LAA Ligation Doesn’t Boost Effect of AF Ablation: aMAZE Trial

In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing initial catheter ablation, the addition of left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation with the Lariat system (AtriCure) did not improve ...
TCTMD

Left Atrial Appendage Elimination by Vacuum-Based Invagination and Ligation: Report from the First-in-Human Clinical Study (Append)

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MedPage Today

After Lariat LAA Ligater Disappoints in aMAZE, Is a Path Ahead Still Possible?

Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist. Adjunctive left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation failed to increase the efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation ...
Healio

LAA ligation device safe, successful in persistent AF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Outcomes for ablation of persistent AF by pulmonary vein antral isolation (PVAI) alone have been historically ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Left Atrial Appendage Closure or Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation

For patients with atrial fibrillation, the use of oral anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke is limited by the risk of bleeding. Left atrial appendage closure is considered for patients who are ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke

Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage has been hypothesized to prevent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, but this has not been proved. The procedure can be performed ...