DOES LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE IMPROVE THE SUCCESS OF PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION? RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

Methods Patients with a history of symptomatic paroxysmal or persistent AF refractory to >=2 antiarrhythmic drugs, CHA2DS2-VASc score >=2 and HAS-BLED score >=3 were randomized to PVI only (n=44) or PVI with LAA closure (n=45).

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016-04, Vol.67 (13), p.763-763
Main Authors: Romanov, Alexander, Pokushalov, Evgeny, Artemenko, Sergey, Yakubov, Akmal, Stenin, Ilya, Kretov, Evgeny, Krestianinov, Oleg, Grazhdankin, Igor, Risteski, Dejan, Karaskov, Alexander, Steinberg, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Clinical trials
Internal Medicine
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Summary:Methods Patients with a history of symptomatic paroxysmal or persistent AF refractory to >=2 antiarrhythmic drugs, CHA2DS2-VASc score >=2 and HAS-BLED score >=3 were randomized to PVI only (n=44) or PVI with LAA closure (n=45).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(16)30764-1