Anticoagulation Alone vs Anticoagulation Plus Aspirin or DAPT Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Reinhardt S, Gibson D, Hsu J, Kapadia S, Yeh R, Price M, Piccini J, Nair D, Christen T, Allocco D, Freeman J. Anticoagulation Alone vs Anticoagulation Plus Aspirin or DAPT Following Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024, 84: 889-900. PMID: 39197978, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.05.067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnticoagulantsAspirinAtrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationDrug Therapy, CombinationDual Anti-Platelet TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsRegistriesStrokeConceptsLeft atrial appendage occlusionRate of adverse eventsAdverse eventsLAA closure deviceAppendage occlusionAntithrombotic strategiesP2Y<sub>12</sub> inhibitorsDays of follow-upMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionClosure deviceRisk of adverse eventsCox proportional hazards regressionWatchman FLX deviceDual antiplatelet therapyDevice-related thrombusProportional hazards regressionStroke/transient ischemic attackAntithrombotic regimensFLX deviceAntiplatelet therapyDOACsGroup patientsFollow-upMultivariate analysisHazards regression