Domenico G Della Rocca, Michele Magnocavallo, Christoffel J Van Niekerk, Thomas Gilhofer, Grace Ha, Gabriele D'Ambrosio, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Carola Gianni, Jennifer Galvin, Giampaolo Vetta, Carlo Lavalle, Luigi Di Biase, Antonio Sorgente, Gian-Battista Chierchia, Carlo de Asmundis, Lukas Urbanek, Boris Schmidt, J Christoph Geller, Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy, Moussa Mansour, Jacqueline Saw, Rodney P Horton, Douglas Gibson, Andrea Natale
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) often coexist and share an increased risk of thromboembolism (TE). CKD concomitantly predisposes towards a pro-haemorrhagic state.Our aim was to evaluate the prognostic value of CKD in patients undergoing percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO). METHODS: 2124 consecutive AF patients undergoing LAAO were categorized into CKD stage 1+2 (n=1089), CKD stage 3 (n=796), CKD stage 4 (n=170), CKD stage 5 (n=69) based on the estimated glomerular filtration rate at baseline...
October 27, 2023: Europace: European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology