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Asymptomatic A fib, and use of a monitor watch and starting eliquis
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Has anyone had or considered having their left atrial appendage closed. Interesting procedure. I discussed with my cardiologist, but he didn’t think I was a good candidate.
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@stryker66 and others...
Read that many of the LAA closures were being found to be leaking... and that their success rates were being inflated. This is the identical situation I've seen with AF ablations in general... with many patients having to undergo multiple "touch-up" procedures (additional ablations). The best recommendation, IMHO, is to consult an electrophysiologist that's done thousands of ablations through the years... and who TRULY has a significant success ratio. This procedure isn't easy to get right... it's very complex and difficult to perform so that sinus rhythm (normal / regularly-timed heart beats) returns... and REMAINS... for a considerable period of time after the procedure.
All the best to all!
/LarryG
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@stryker66 This is commonly done in some cases, and it is done via the AtriClip or the Maze procedure and its more recent variants such as the Mini-Maze.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6652788/
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/17086-heart-surgery-for-atrial-fibrillation-maze