2022
Clinical 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
2020
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 ResearchConceptsHospital 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