TY  - JOUR
AU  - Benedetto Massimo
AU  - Fazio Giovanni
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/25
TI  - Left atrial appendage closure with device for atrial fibrillation
JO  - Biomedical and Translational Science
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
AB  - Atrial fibrillation is the most common observed arrhythmia in clinical practice and it represents an
important risk factor for cardio-embolism and cardio-embolic stroke. Atrial fibrillation patients have a
5 fold increase in stroke events. In non-valvular atrial fibrillation over 90% of thrombus formation is
within the left atrial appendage and therefore prevention of embolization to systemic circulation and in
particular to cerebral circulation goes through a therapy that has the left atrial appendage as the main
target. Several anatomo-pathological studies and observations during open heart surgery confirm these
data and give a rational basis to this point of view
SN  - 2768-4911
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.33425/2768-4911.1014
DO  - 10.33425/2768-4911.1014