2025 SCAI/HRS Clinical Practice Guidelines on Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Key recommendations address patient selection for LAAO, periprocedural imaging, adjunctive antithrombotic therapy, and management of PDL and device-related thrombus. The panel also recommended necessary future research regarding the use of single antiplatelet therapy following LAAO and regarding the management of PDL.
Authors
- Christopher K. Armah
- Emily Senerth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3516-1990)
- Molly Szerlip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4907-1825)
- Gerald V. Naccarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-4554)
- Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1492-2693)
- Omar Khalique (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1850-8665)
- Andrew M. Goldsweig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-7837)
- Christopher Randall Ellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7333-5720)
- Michael Glikson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5706-0395)
- Scott Firestone
- Rebecca L. Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1012-4897)
- Jacqueline Saw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-984X)
- Clifford J. Kavinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8641-9491)
- Jacqueline E. Joza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0956-688X)
- G Burkhard Mackensen
- Matthew W. Sherwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-5883)
- Devi G. Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8253-947X)
- Rahul Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6854-750X)
- Yngve Falck–Ytter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4688-3211)
- Angela Fix
Institutions
- Heart Rhythm Society (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Baystate Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Washington (US)
- Cleveland Foundation (US)
- Inova Fairfax Hospital (US)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
- Vancouver General Hospital (CA)
- St. Francis Hospital (US)
- VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (US)
- Impact (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscai.2025.103783
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.94