Evaluación de los resultados primarios de un dispositivo de cierre del apéndice auricular izquierdo de nueva

Saibal Kar1,2, Shephal K Doshi3, Ashish Sadhu4

  • 1Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA (S.K.).

Circulation
|April 6, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

El dispositivo WATCHMAN FLX cierra efectivamente el apéndice auricular izquierdo, ofreciendo una alternativa segura a los anticoagulantes para pacientes con fibrilación auricular. Este estudio confirma su alta tasa de éxito y bajo riesgo de complicaciones.

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