ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2022
Short-Term Outcomes Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure in the Very Elderly: A Population-Based Analysis.
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- Real-world outcomes of left atrial appendage closure in very elderly compared with younger patients.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Periprocedural Safety of Interventional Electrophysiological Procedures in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025Article
- Racial Disparities in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States: An Update.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- Safety and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients Undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure-A Nationwide Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly >75 Years Old: A Meta-Analysis of Observational StudiesDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background Data on percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) outcomes in the very elderly with atrial fibrillation are limited. We aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of patients 80 years or older following percutaneous LAAC in a large nationwide database. Methods and Results Using the Nationwide Readmissions Database, we identified patients who underwent percutaneous LAAC between January 2016 and December 2018. Patients were categorized based on age (≥80 and <80 years old). The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes were in-hospital end points including periprocedural complications, 30-day outcomes, and all-cause 30-day readmissions. A propensity score-matched model (1:1) was used to adjust for baseline characteristics among the study groups. A total of 13 208 patients were included in this study (43% women, median age in years [interquartile range] 79.5 [73-84]) and matched one-to-one (6604 and 6604 patients were ≥80 and <80 years old, respectively). In-hospital mortality was not statistically different between the study groups and occurred in 21 patients ≥80 years old (0.32%) and in 14 patients <80 years old (0.21%);
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