A Retrospective Study on Gender, LAA Morphology and Stroke Risk

This was a retrospective study to investigate whether gender and LAA size/morphology was a predictor of cerebral vascular events in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. We studied the LAA morphology, and measurements for women and men in an attempt to correlate the different morphologies/sizes with the patient's risk of stroke.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - April 1, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: K. Sorensen, D. Rodgers, S. Chandra Uppalapati, U. Siddiqi, S. Jain, S. Paluri, A. Madhushanka, K. Sudheendra, K. Johnson, S. Bangaru, K. Ram, D. Hynes, C. Ozcan, L. Lee, G. Kim, V. Jeevanandam Tags: (550) Source Type: research