Early Anticoagulation drug regimens after WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure: safety and efficacy.

CONCLUSIONS: LAA closure with the Watchman device is feasible in patients with relative or absolute contraindication to oral anticoagulation. Neither DAPT nor NOAC therapy lead to a significant increase in device thrombus, stroke or bleeding compared to the standard VKA regimen. NOAC therapy had the numerically lowest event rate. PMID: 28606886 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research