In-hospital safety outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion in octogenarians and nonagenarians
Ismayl M, Ahmed H, Goldsweig A, Freeman J, Alkhouli M. In-hospital safety outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion in octogenarians and nonagenarians. EP Europace 2024, 26: euae055. PMID: 38391186, PMCID: PMC10927254, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euae055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOutcomes of left atrial appendage occlusionLeft atrial appendage occlusionIn-hospital all-cause mortalityOdds of vascular complicationsLength of stayAll-cause mortalityYounger patientsAppendage occlusionComposite of in-hospital all-cause mortalityOdds of in-hospital all-cause mortalityVascular complicationsSafety outcomesAcute kidney injuryNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyInpatient Sample databaseYears of ageCardiac tamponadeBlood transfusionProcedural complicationsSafety profileKidney injuryLogistic regression modelsElderly patientsCohort studySafety and Efficacy of Combining Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With Another Cardiac Procedure
Ismayl M, Ahmed H, Freeman J, Alkhouli M, Lakkireddy D, Goldsweig A. Safety and Efficacy of Combining Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With Another Cardiac Procedure. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024, 17: 262-273. PMID: 38267141, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.10.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft atrial appendage occlusionLength of stayCardiac proceduresIn-hospital mortalityAppendage occlusionOutcomes of left atrial appendage occlusionConcomitant transcatheter aortic valve replacementVascular injuryTranscatheter aortic valve replacementConcomitant procedure groupConcomitant cardiac proceduresAortic valve replacementOdds of MACEAcute kidney injuryNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyRetrospective observational studyAdverse cardiovascular eventsInpatient Sample databaseOdds of strokeFlutter ablationValve replacementBlood transfusionClinical outcomesHeart block