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ReviewFuture cardiology2024

Challenges and advances in device-related thrombus in left atrial appendage occlusion.

Takamasa Tanaka, Kenji Kawai, Christopher R Ellis, Mukta Srivastava, Rika Kawakami, Takao Konishi, Tatsuya Shiraki, Teruo Sekimoto, Renu Virmani, Aloke V Finn

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Review in Future cardiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Takamasa TanakaCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1437-0032
Kenji KawaiCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7160-9508
Christopher R EllisVanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7333-5720
Mukta SrivastavaUniversity of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-8968-4187
Rika KawakamiCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8896-6971
Takao KonishiCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8429-631X
Tatsuya ShirakiCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1901-1642
Teruo SekimotoCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Renu VirmaniCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1879-0015
Aloke V FinnCVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0359-0184

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral anticoagulation therapy (OAC) is a mainstay for mitigating stroke and other embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Despite the demonstrated efficacy of OAC in reducing events, many patients are unable to tolerate OAC due to bleeding risks. Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) devices were developed as implantable technologies to moderate stroke risk in patients with intolerance to OAC. Despite clinical data supporting near-comparable protection against thromboembolic events with OAC, device-related thrombus formation has emerged as a critical complication following LAAO that remains a potential limitation to the safety and efficacy of LAAO. Improved biocompatibility of LAAO devices with fluoropolymers, a well-established stent-coating technology used to reduce thrombus formation and promote endothelialization, may optimize outcomes after LAAO.

Indexed as

Atrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationThrombosisAnticoagulantsHumansSeptal Occluder DeviceStrokeAnticoagulantsatrial fibrillationdevice-related thrombusdrug-eluting stentfluoropolymerleft atrial appendage occlusionoral anticoagulationstroke

Identifiers

PMID38948932
PMCPMC11457600

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