TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schellinger, Peter Dieter
A1  - Tsivgoulis, Georgios
A1  - Steiner, Thorsten
A1  - Köhrmann, Martin
T1  - Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation : review and critical appraisal
T2  - Journal of stroke
N2  - The authors review the current status of percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation with the goal to prevent ischemic stroke and systemic embolism and to reduce oral anticoagulation associated bleeding. While we cover the historical and also surgical background, and all tested devices, the main focus rests on the single currently U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved LAA occluder, the WATCHMAN device, and its approval process. The authors also give a critical appraisal beyond the review of mere facts, trying to put the current data into perspective.
KW  - Atrial fibrillation
KW  - Stroke
KW  - Atrial appendage occlusion
KW  - Brain ischemia
KW  - Intracranial hemorrhage
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47705
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-477059
SN  - 2287-6405
SN  - 2287-6391
N1  - This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
SP  - 281
EP  - 291
PB  - Korean Stroke Society
CY  - Seoul
ER  -