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Atrial fibrillation cardiac surgery On the Web | |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Whether left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion could reduce stroke in patients with AF risk factors who undergo non–AF-related cardiac surgery remains uncertain and larger randomized trials are needed to determine whether LAA ligation could benefit this patient population.
2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (DO NOT EDIT)[1]
Prevention of Thromboembolism
Cardiac Surgery—LAA Occlusion/Excision
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| "1. Surgical excision of the left atrial appendage (LAA) may be considered in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. (Level of Evidence: C) " |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 January, C. T.; Wann, L. S.; Alpert, J. S.; Calkins, H.; Cleveland, J. C.; Cigarroa, J. E.; Conti, J. B.; Ellinor, P. T.; Ezekowitz, M. D.; Field, M. E.; Murray, K. T.; Sacco, R. L.; Stevenson, W. G.; Tchou, P. J.; Tracy, C. M.; Yancy, C. W. (2014). "2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society". Circulation. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000041. ISSN 0009-7322.