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Cautious Optimism for Surgical LAA Closure for People Without Afib

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Adding prophylactic left atrial appendage (LAA) closure to planned cardiac surgery was linked to lower stroke risk for patients without atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF), based on a meta-analysis. Pooling six observational and randomized studies turned up significantly decreased risk of cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) with LAA occlusion (LAAO) compared with controls (log-rank P=0.02), reported a […]

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Publish date : 2024-09-12 21:32:57

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