Periprocedural Pericardial Effusion Complicating Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Report From the NCDR LAAO Registry
Price MJ, Valderrábano M, Zimmerman S, Friedman DJ, Kar S, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA, Freeman JV. Periprocedural Pericardial Effusion Complicating Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Report From the NCDR LAAO Registry. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: e011718. PMID: 35369701, PMCID: PMC9132377, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.121.011718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial appendage occlusionComposite of deathPericardial effusionAppendage occlusionSystemic embolismOdds ratioEarly postdischarge mortalityDual antiplatelet therapyLow serum albuminMean patient ageAdverse event ratesParoxysmal atrial fibrillationRisk of deathRisk-benefit ratioHospital strokeMean CHAPostdischarge mortalityVASc scoreWATCHMAN procedureAntiplatelet therapyIndex hospitalizationAdverse eventsPatient agePrimary outcomeVentricular functionClinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in the United States
Price MJ, Slotwiner D, Du C, Freeman JV, Turi Z, Rammohan C, Kusumoto FM, Kavinsky C, Akar J, Varosy PD, Koutras C, Curtis JP, Masoudi FA. Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in the United States. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: 741-750. PMID: 35393108, PMCID: PMC9116488, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.02.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial appendage occlusionIschemic strokeMajor bleedingClinical outcomesSystemic embolismAppendage occlusionMean HAS-BLED scoreHAS-BLED scoreKey secondary endpointKaplan-Meier methodCumulative event rateRate of mortalityMean CHAPrior strokeRelevant bleedingVASc scoreWATCHMAN procedurePrimary endpointSecondary endpointsThromboembolic eventsIntracranial bleedingBlood transfusionHemoglobin levelsHemorrhagic strokeKaplan-Meier