Left atrial appendage closure is an alternative strategy for stroke prophylaxis, Wazni and colleagues noted. "The safety and ...

Assess the possibility of intracardiac thrombus. Use transesophageal echo if suspicion for left-atrial appendage thrombus is high. If atrial fibrillation is cardioverted inadvertently in a high ...

Left atrial appendage closure is a mechanical alternative to anticoagulation, but data regarding its use after atrial fibrillation ablation are lacking. We conducted an international randomized ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Procedural and clinical outcomes of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO ... procedures were more likely to involve guidance by intracardiac echocardiography and came with ...

We expect the CLAAS AcuFORM device will eventually enable the adoption of Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) imaging." ICE does not require general anesthesia reducing the need for additional ...

Sposato explained that most patients undergo a transthoracic echo during hospitalization ... top part of the heart — specifically the left atrial appendage, which is where most clots in the ...