Comparative Safety of Transcatheter LAAO With the First-Generation Watchman and Next-Generation Watchman FLX Devices
Price M, Friedman D, Du C, Wang Y, Lin Z, Curtis J, Freeman J. Comparative Safety of Transcatheter LAAO With the First-Generation Watchman and Next-Generation Watchman FLX Devices. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: 2115-2123. PMID: 36357014, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAtrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationCardiac CatheterizationHeart ArrestHemorrhageHumansMyocardial InfarctionPericardial EffusionStrokeTreatment OutcomeConceptsHospital major adverse eventsMajor adverse eventsWatchman FLXMajor vascular complicationsMajor bleedingPericardial effusionCardiac arrestDevice embolizationVascular complicationsMyocardial infarctionLower ratesSystemic arterial embolismComposite of deathTransient ischemic attackAtrial appendage occlusionSignificant lower rateBalance of risksHospital mortalityIschemic attackArterial embolismHospital outcomesPrimary endpointStroke preventionAdverse eventsProcedural complications