CONCOMITANT PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION AND LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: A META-ANALYSIS OF SAFETY AND EFFICACY OUTCOMES
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Venkata M. Alla; Andrew Goldsweig; Aravdeep Jhand; Raviteja Guddeti; Abhishek Thandra; Dinesh Reddy Apala
- Source
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:388
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
Isolation (health care)
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Atrial fibrillation
medicine.disease
Left atrial appendage occlusion
Pulmonary vein
Internal medicine
Concomitant
Meta-analysis
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
Medicine
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0735-1097
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an effective treatment for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) with 50% to 90% freedom from recurrent AF. Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) has emerged as an alternative therapy for stroke risk reduction in patients with non-valvular AF who cannot