Association between incomplete surgical ligation of left atrial appendage and stroke and systemic embolization
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Background Surgical exclusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA) can frequently yield incomplete closure.Objective We evaluated the ischemic stroke/systemic embolization (SSE) risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and complete LAA closure (cLAA) vs incompletely surgically ligated LAA (ISLL) and LAA stump after surgical suture ligation.Methods Seventy-two patients (CHA2DS2-VASc score 4.1 ± 1.9) underwent surgical LAA ligation in conjunction with mitral valve/AF surgery and postoperative LAA evaluation using computerized tomographic angiography.Results Overall, cLAA was detected in 46 of 72 patients (64%), ISLL in 17 patients (24%), and LAA stump in 9 patients (12%). The incidences of oral anticoagulation (OAC) and recurrent AF were similar among the 3 groups during 44 ± 19 months of follow-up. SSE occurred in 2% of patients with cLAA vs 24% with ISLL and 0% with LAA stump (P = .006). None of the patients with SSE were receiving OAC, and all had recurrent AF during follow-up. Additionally, patients with SSE exhibited a significantly smaller ISLL neck diameter (2.8 ± 1.0 vs 7.1 ± 2.1 mm; P = .002). The annualized SSE risk was 1.9% (entire cohort), 6.5% (ISLL patients), 14.4% (ISLL patients not receiving OAC), and 19.0% (ISLL neck diameter ≤5.0 mm) per 100 patient-years of follow-up. The latter risk was nearly 5 times greater than predicted by conventional risk-stratification schemes. Moreover, ISLL emerged as an independent predictor of SSE in univariate analyses and as the sole predictor of SSE in a multivariate analysis.Conclusion In patients with AF, ISLL is a predictor of SSE, independent of conventional risk stratification schemes. Consequently, OAC should be strongly considered in this high-risk cohort.
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Residual LAA flow or incomplete LAA exclusion can increase stroke risk.
“Residual LAA flow or incomplete LAA exclusion can increase stroke risk.465”
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- Authors
- Aryana, A., Singh, S. K., Singh, S. M., Gearoid O’Neill, P., Bowers, M. R., Allen, S. L., Lewandowski, S. L., Vierra, E. C., & d’Avila, A.
- Affiliations
- Dignity Health (US)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Aryana, Arash
- Venue
- Heart Rhythm
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-07
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1431-1437
- ISSN
- 1547-5271 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1602111967
- Cited by
- 184
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 10.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Heart Rhythm (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Keywords
- left atrial appendage, atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, systemic embolization, oral anticoagulation, atrial fibrillation recurrence, risk stratification, mitral valve surgery
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Atrial Fibrillation, Brazil, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Humans, Ligation, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Risk Factors, Thromboembolism, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Risk Assessment, Atrial Appendage, Stroke, Wound Closure Techniques
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