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SUBMITTER: Kumar D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5791502 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kumar Dinesh D Kumar Sunil S Desai Nagraj N
Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 20180101 1
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia associated with significant mortality and morbidity secondary to thrombo-embolism. To prevent this thrombo-embolism oral anticoagulation therapy is the recommended treatment. In patients with contraindications to oral anticoagulation therapy, percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device is indicated. TEE is essential to guide in all the stages of LAA device deployment. Right from pre-procedure screening, to guiding during deployment, to ru ...[more]