Surgical left atrial appendage ligation is frequently incomplete: a transesophageal echocardiographic study

ES Katz, T Tsiamtsiouris, RM Applebaum… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - jacc.org
… of incomplete ligation of the left atrial appendage (LAA) … is only 64% (assuming a clinically
meaningful difference in left atrial … Incomplete left atrial appendage ligation was as commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Left atrial appendage ligation and ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: the LAALA-AF registry

D Lakkireddy, AS Mahankali… - JACC: Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
… ; (C) persistent exclusion of LAA as seen during subsequent atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation.
The dotted yellow line indicates the limits of the left atrium and left atrial appendage. …

Left atrial appendage ligation in patients with atrial fibrillation leads to a decrease in atrial dispersion

M Kawamura, MM Scheinman, RJ Lee… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
atrial electrical remodeling have not been well described. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate the effect of LAA ligation … maintained sinus rhythm after left atrial appendage ligation. …

[HTML][HTML] Routine left atrial appendage ligation during cardiac surgery may prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation–related cerebrovascular accident

R Kim, N Baumgartner, J Clements - The Journal of thoracic and …, 2013 - Elsevier
… The aim of the study was to determine whether routine left atrial appendage ligation in
cardiac surgery would reduce the risk of postoperative atrial fibrillation–related cerebrovascular …

Clinical implications of leaks following left atrial appendage ligation with the LARIAT device

C Gianni, L Di Biase, C Trivedi, S Mohanty… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2016 - jacc.org
… LAA ligation with the LARIAT device for stroke prevention at 4 centers across the United
States. LAA ligation was … Surgical left atrial appendage ligation is frequently incomplete: a …

Early safety and efficacy of percutaneous left atrial appendage suture ligation: results from the US transcatheter LAA ligation consortium

MJ Price, DN Gibson, SJ Yakubov, JC Schultz… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
… is designed to facilitate percutaneous catheter-based ligation of the left atrial appendage
to prevent stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation using combined transseptal and …

[HTML][HTML] Left atrial appendage ligation and exclusion technology in the incubator

FF Syed, A Noheria, CV DeSimone… - Journal of atrial …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure, by altering the balance … for stroke prevention in
nonvalvular atrial fibrillation(AF).[2-5] … risk has been the LARIAT appendage ligation system …

Left atrial appendage ligation in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients at high risk for embolic events with ineligibility for oral anticoagulation: initial report of clinical …

H Sievert, A Rasekh, K Bartus, RL Morelli… - JACC: Clinical …, 2015 - jacc.org
… outcomes in adults with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) who are ineligible for oral
anticoagulation therapy and underwent left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation with the Lariat device. …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art in left atrial appendage ligation-the lariat

P Janga, H Pamulapati, A Kanmanthareddy… - Journal of Atrial …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Percutaneous left atrial appendage ligation (LAA) techniques have come to the forefront of
management of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who are at high risk of stroke and are unsuitable …

Left atrial appendage occlusion and ligation devices: what is available, how to implement them, and how to manage and avoid complications

A Aryana, EB Saad, A d'Avila - Current treatment options in cardiovascular …, 2012 - Springer
… Evidence suggests that at least 90 % of left atrial thrombi discovered in patients with AF
are localized to the left atrial appendage (LAA). Surgical ligation or excision of the LAA is …