The NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry
Freeman JV, Varosy P, Price MJ, Slotwiner D, Kusumoto FM, Rammohan C, Kavinsky CJ, Turi ZG, Akar J, Koutras C, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA. The NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2020, 75: 1503-1518. PMID: 32238316, PMCID: PMC7205034, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.12.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAtrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHumansMaleRegistriesStrokeConceptsHospital adverse event ratesAdverse event ratesEvent ratesMean HAS-BLED scoreHAS-BLED scoreHospital adverse eventsMean patient ageAtrial appendage occlusionMedian annual numberMajor bleedingMean CHAMore comorbiditiesVASc scoreWATCHMAN procedureAdverse eventsCommon complicationPatient agePericardial effusionPivotal trialsAppendage occlusionRandomized trialsAtrial fibrillationPatient populationPresent patientPhysician characteristics