2023
Intracardiac vs Transesophageal Echocardiography for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With Watchman FLX in the U.S.
Ferro E, Alkhouli M, Nair D, Kapadia S, Hsu J, Gibson D, Freeman J, Price M, Roy K, Allocco D, Yeh R, Piccini J. Intracardiac vs Transesophageal Echocardiography for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With Watchman FLX in the U.S. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology 2023, 9: 2587-2599. PMID: 37831030, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2023.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial appendage occlusionTransesophageal echocardiographyIntracardiac echocardiographyBaseline characteristicsAppendage occlusionLeft atrial appendage occlusionPericardial effusion rateSuccessful device implantationAdverse event ratesSimilar baseline characteristicsUnadjusted mortality ratesHigh rateICE patientsTEE patientsPericardial effusionPivotal trialsDevice implantationGeneral anesthesiaAdjusted comparisonsProcedural timeLAAO devicesDevice deliveryMortality rateEvent ratesEchocardiography
2020
CHANGES OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE ORIFICE FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Ortiz-Leon X, Posada E, Chen W, Bregasi A, Crandall I, Pereira J, Miranda J, Akar J, Lin B, McNamara R, Freeman J, Curtis J, Arias-Godínez J, Sugeng L. CHANGES OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE ORIFICE FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2020, 75: 1708. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)32335-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research