Left Atrial Appendage Closure Mechanical Approaches to Stroke Preven
This book provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art left atrial appendage (LAA) closure, covering epidemiology of atrial fibrillation and stroke, LAA anatomy, surgical approaches, imaging for LAA closure, LAA closure procedure, and post-proced
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Jacqueline Saw Saibal Kar Matthew J. Price Editors
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Mechanical Approaches to Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Contemporary Cardiology Christopher P. Cannon, md Series Editor
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/7677
Jacqueline Saw • Saibal Kar • Matthew J. Price Editors
Left Atrial Appendage Closure Mechanical Approaches to Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Editors Jacqueline Saw, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI Vancouver General Hospital University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
Saibal Kar, MD, FACC Cardiovascular Intervention Center Research Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA, USA
Matthew J. Price, MD, FACC, FSCAI Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic Scripps Translational Science Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
ISSN 2196-8969 ISSN 2196-8977 (electronic) Contemporary Cardiology ISBN 978-3-319-16279-9 ISBN 978-3-319-16280-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16280-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015952011 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is a brand of Springer Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure is a rapidly emerging field in stroke prevention for patients with atrial fibrillation. The first surgical procedure to remove the LAA was performed in 1949, and the first percutaneous LAA closure was performed in humans in 2001 with the PLAATO device. Several percutaneous and surgical devices are now approved worldwide, and many more are in clinical development and being evaluated in research trials. The current most widely used endovascular devices worldwide are the WATCHMAN and Amplatzer Cardiac Plug (Amulet, second generation) devices, which received CE Mark in 2005 and 2008, respectively. In a
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