A Referral Center Experience with Cerebral Protection Devices: Challenging Cardiac Thrombus in the EP Lab.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cerebral protection devices (CPD) are designed to prevent cardioembolic stroke and most evidence that exists relates to TAVR procedures. There are missing data on the benefits of CPD in patients that are considered high risk for stroke undergoing cardiac procedures like left atrial appendage (LAA) closure or catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) when cardiac thrombus is present.

Purpose

This work aimed to examine the feasibility and safety of the routine use of CPD in patients with cardiac thrombus undergoing interventions in the electrophysiology (EP) lab of a large referral center.

Methods

The CPD was placed under fluoroscopic guidance in all procedures in the beginning of the intervention. Two different CPDs were used according to the physici

SUBMITTER: Berg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9967427 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature