Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion as Adjunctive Therapy to Anticoagulation for Stroke Recurrence. - Concepedia

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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion as Adjunctive Therapy to Anticoagulation for Stroke Recurrence.

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2019

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Xavier Freixa, Ignacio Cruz‐González, Ander Regueiro, Luis Nombela‐Franco, Rodrigo Estévez‐Loureiro, Rafael Ruíz-Salmerón, Armando Bethencourt, Hipólito Gutiérrez-García, José Díaz, José Carlos Moreno-Samos,

Abstract

LAAO as an adjunctive therapy to OAC seems to be feasible and safe in patients with previous cardioembolic events despite optimal OAC. In our series, this strategy was associated with a low rate of cerebrovascular events after LAAO.