Early discontinuation of long-term anticoagulation after surgical left atrial appendage occlusion.
📚 期刊: The Annals of thoracic surgery
📅 发表: 0000-00-00
🔬 PMID: 42119753 👁️ 浏览: 10
👤 作者: Goel, Zhao, Sperry, Kelly, Lutfi, DePaolo, Gillinov, Brown, MacKay, Fanaroff, Desai
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📝 摘要
Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion (sLAAO) is known to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, for AF patients on long-term anticoagulation (AC) little is known regarding the safety of AC discontinuation after sLAAO.