Postoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion: Characterization and Predictors of Success
Postoperative TEE examination of LAA remnants revealed a relatively high failure rate by current standards. More data are needed to evaluate the clinical relevance of LAA remnant characteristics.
Authors
- Sebastian Hernandez
- Prashant D. Bhave (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0664-7828)
- Karl Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-4294)
- Matthew J. Singleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-0951)
- Rohesh J. Fernando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0104-3291)
- Karanpreet Dhaliwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6659-2630)
Institutions
- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- WellSpan Health (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Structural Heart
- Published
- 2025-04-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shj.2025.100469
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78