2023
Watchman device migration and embolization: A report from the NCDR LAAO Registry
Friedman D, Freeman J, Zimmerman S, Tan Z, Pereira L, Faridi K, Curtis J. Watchman device migration and embolization: A report from the NCDR LAAO Registry. Journal Of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 2023, 34: 1192-1195. PMID: 37078339, PMCID: PMC10290479, DOI: 10.1111/jce.15909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWATCHMAN procedureSurgical retrievalDevice migrationMortality rateAtrial appendage closure deviceHospital mortality rateAnnual procedure volumeCardiac surgeryHospital eventsPostdischarge eventsOstial sizeDevice embolizationTaller patientsRetrospective analysisClosure deviceLAA ostiumPatientsProcedure volumeHigh mortalitySurgerySubstantial proportionEmbolizationRegistryGreater body massBody mass
2019
NON VITAMIN K ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY
Waldron N, Shrader P, Levy J, Allen L, Chan P, Ezekowitz M, Fonarow G, Freeman J, Gersh B, Hylek E, Kowey P, Mahaffey K, Naccarelli G, Reiffel J, Singer D, Steinberg B, Peterson E, Piccini J. NON VITAMIN K ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF PERIOPERATIVE BLEEDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CARDIAC SURGERY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2019, 73: 547. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(19)31155-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research