Association of Peri-Procedural Major Bleeding With Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Am J Cardiol. 2021 Jul 15:151:122-123. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.04.004. Epub 2021 May 17.

Authors

Salik Nazir¹, Keerat Rai Ahuja², Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas³, Robert W Ariss¹, Sachin S Goel⁴, Rajesh Gupta⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
² Division of Cardiology, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, Pennsylvania.
³ Division of Medicine, Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, Texas.
⁵ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio. Electronic address: rajesh.gupta@utoledo.edu.

PMID: 34011438
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.04.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / epidemiology*
Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Blood Loss, Surgical / statistics & numerical data*
Cardiac Catheterization*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Embolism / epidemiology
Embolism / etiology
Embolism / prevention & control
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Postoperative Hemorrhage / epidemiology*
Prognosis
Stroke / epidemiology*
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / prevention & control