OCCLUSIONE DELL’AURICOLA SINISTRA

AMPLATZER
Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion with Amplatzer devices to obviate anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Catheter Cardiovascular Interv.   2003, 60, 417-22
Rischio di embolia del device.
Non complicanze ad un follow up di 5 anni.

LAPTONI (Thoracoscopic Left Appendage Total Obliteration No Cardiac Invasion)
Thoracoscopic extracardiac obliteration of the left atrial appendage for stroke risk reduction in atrial fibrillation. Blackshear JL- JACC 2003, 42, 1249-52
8 pazienti, 2 ictus, 2 decessi tardivi.

 Aprile 2005