Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage

Rodney P Horton; Shephal K Doshi; Javier E Sánchez; Luigi Di Biase; Andrea Natale

doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2012.06.001

Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage

Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2012 Sep;4(3):383-94. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2012.06.001.

Authors

Rodney P Horton¹, Shephal K Doshi², Javier E Sánchez³, Luigi Di Biase⁴, Andrea Natale⁵

Affiliations

¹ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA.
² Pacific Heart Institute/St Johns Hospital, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
³ Seton Heart Institute, Austin, TX, USA.
⁴ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA; Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁵ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.

PMID: 26939958
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2012.06.001

Abstract

This article reviews the published evidence on stroke prevention with percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage and provides comparative insight into the various left atrial appendage closure devices currently in development.