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History of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion with AMPLATZER Devices
Publication date: April 2018 Source:Interventional Cardiology Clinics, Volume 7, Issue 2 Author(s): Bernhard Meier, Wim Stegink, Apostolos TzikasTeaser AMPLATZER devices preceded WATCHMAN occluder in 2002 for catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion. The AMPLATZER technique facilitates simultaneous closure of atrial shunts using two devices through one gear. Randomized WATCHMAN follow-up data showed a mortality benefit over warfarin. AMPLATZER data make this likely valid for the strategy. Particularly young people with atrial fibrillation should be offered left atrial appendage occlusion because the risk is confined...
Source: Interventional Cardiology Clinics - March 9, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
