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ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2025

Comparative outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion with and without catheter ablation: a 5-year propensity-matched analysis.

Issam Motairek, Chadi Tabaja, Arwa Younis, Ayman A Hussein, Mohamad Mdaihly, Adele Watfa, Wael Jaber, Pasquale Santangeli, Mina Chung, Walid I Saliba and 1 more

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Article in Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. More than an OPTION: left atrial appendage closure beyond high bleeding risk in the post-ablation setting.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  4. Three-year clinical outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion with or without ablation: insight from the RECORD study.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Issam MotairekCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3294-8659
Chadi TabajaCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5537-9458
Arwa YounisCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2485-5025
Ayman A HusseinCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8359-1525
Mohamad MdaihlyCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Adele WatfaCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Wael JaberCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5642-2112
Pasquale SantangeliCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0023-9666
Mina ChungCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7835-6045
Walid I SalibaCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3324-8611
Oussama M WazniCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Atrial fibrillationCardiovascular outcomesCatheter ablationLeft atrial appendage occlusionStroke prevention

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PMID40704741
PMCPMC12287916

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