08
Jan
2018
15:00
GMT
Webinar
Left Atrial Appendage Closure: A Surgical Idea
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Overview
Left Atrial Appendage closure (LAAC) was initially described by a general surgeon in 1949. After this the seminal contribution from James Cox, MD about the Maze procedure further bought LAA resection into the limelight. Surgical techniques for LAA closure are manifold, however the results in the literature seem suboptimal. In the last decade, new devices have made their way into clinical usage, and as such the data supporting LAA closure is now substantial. However, all devices and techniques come with challenges and none offers the perfect ‘one size fits all’ solution.
In this webinar Dr Salzberg presents a critical overview of the literature and makes the point for a Heart Team approach to deal with the LAA.
Faculty:
Sacha Salzberg
Christopher M Cook
Key Learning Objectives
- LAA closure
- Surgical LAA management
- Heart Team approach
Target Audience
- Cardiac surgeons
- Cardiologists
- Interventional cardiologist
- Electrophysiologist
Faculty Biographies
Sacha Salzberg
Prof Sacha Salzberg was born in Geneva, Switzerland on December 5th, 1970. He studied medicine at the Free University of Brussels and graduated in July 2000.
Christopher M Cook
Dr Christopher Cook is a MRC Clinical Research Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He studied Medicine at UCL, graduating with Distinction and multiple prizes including the prestigious Proxime Accessit Gold Medal Medicine (London) in 2009.