welcomes you to the new, improved website!The authors retrospectively reviewed the postoperative TEEs on patients undergoing DCCV within 30 days after cardiac surgery that included LAA closure (n=93 patients). The presence of a residual communication between the LAA and the left atrium was 37% overall. The LAA patency rates according to LAA technique were as follows: amputation, 0%; suture closure, 51%; staple exclusion, 29%. These results beg the question: should the appendage always be amputated?
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Left Atrial Appendage Patency at Cardioversion After Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Intervention
Submitted by: Arie Blitz
Source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Michael W. Cullen, MD, John M. Stulak, MD, Zhuo Li, Brian D. Powell, MD, Roger D. White, MD, Naser M. Ammash, MD, Vuyisile T. Nkomo, MD, MPH
