Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Abhigan Babu Shrestha, Anil KC, Shueb Mohamed, Vikash Jaiswal, Sajina Shrestha, Dipesh Rohita Journal of ...

Black Patients, Women Face Worse Outcomes, Death In Heart & Blood Vessel Procedures By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women and Black patients are more ...

And Black patients had a significantly higher risk of amputation and death following a procedure aimed at reopening blocked blood flow to the arms or legs, ... called left atrial appendage occlusion.

Those devices are inserted into the left atrial appendage during a catheter-based procedure through a leg in the vein. "The device starts working the moment it's implanted," Bayissa said.

Black Patients 46% More Likely to Undergo Major Amputation After Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia . ... Women Twice as Likely to Die Than Men After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Placement.

Non-procedure-related major bleeding or clinically relevant non-major bleeding at 36 months occurred in 8.5% of patients who had left atrial appendage closure compared with 18.1% of patients in ...

A total of 803 patients were assigned to undergo left atrial appendage closure, and 797 to receive anticoagulant therapy. The mean (±SD) age of the patients was 69.6±7.7 years, 34.1% of the ...

CHICAGO — In the OPTION trial, left atrial appendage closure resulted in similar thromboembolic protection but superior bleeding outcomes compared with oral anticoagulation among patients who ...

Performing left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery may be beneficial even in the absence of preexisting atrial fibrillation (AF), a meta-analysis suggests. Though ...

Left atrial appendage (LAA) percutaneous closure surgery lowers your stroke risk by lowering the risk of blood clots forming in part of your heart. Surgery is just one treatment for AFib, along ...