Benefit of left atrial appendage electrical isolation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Romero J, Michaud G, Avendano R, Briceño D, Kumar S, Diaz J, Mohanty S, Trivedi C, Gianni C, Della Rocca D, Proietti R, Perrotta L, Bordignon S, Chun J, Schmidt B, Garcia M, Natale A, Di Biase L. Benefit of left atrial appendage electrical isolation for persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EP Europace 2018, 20: 1268-1278. PMID: 29342299, DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial appendage electrical isolationPersistent atrial fibrillationAtrial fibrillationIschemic strokeSystematic reviewNon-paroxysmal AF patientsStandard ablationNon-paroxysmal atrial fibrillationAcute procedural complicationsIncremental benefitAcute complication rateLong-term outcomesAntiarrhythmic medicationsArrhythmia recurrenceComplication rateAF patientsProcedural complicationsCatheter ablationAtrial arrhythmiasClinical studiesOverall freedomLAAEIPatientsLSPAFFibrillation