Clinical outcomes of left atrial appendage occlusion with conscious sedation without anesthesiologist on site: results from a multicenter retrospective study.
Anno:
2023
Background: left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion is an important therapeutic option to prevent cardioembolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with contraindications for oral anticoagulation (OAC). It is usually performed with transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) under general anesthesia (GA). In this retrospective study we present a multicenter experience of…