Left atrial appendage occlusion
Closing the left atrial appendage with a device to reduce stroke risk in atrial fibrillation.
Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 28, 20, 27, 19, 33.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Heart Rhythm Society and Heart Rhythm Advocates position statement: Prior authorization in cardiac electrophysiology: Evidence, policy, and reformHeart Rhythm2026 Oct 6
- 2026 ACC/AHA/HRS Advanced Training Statement on Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (Revision of the 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Advanced Training Statement on Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology): A Report of the ACC Competency Management CommitteeJ Am Coll Cardiol2026 Sep 29
- Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Thrombotic Events: 2026 ACC Scientific Statement: A Report of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol2026 Sep 15
- Multimodality imaging for pre-, intra-, and postprocedural guidance of left atrial appendage closure: a European Left Atrial Appendage Closure Club (ELAACC) expert consensus statementEuroIntervention2026 Sep 7
- 2026 ACC/AHA/HRS advanced training statement on clinical cardiac electrophysiology (Revision of the 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS advanced training statement on clinical cardiac electrophysiology): A report of the ACC Competency Management CommitteeHeart Rhythm2026 Jul
All papers from the last 12 months
752 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Toward a computationally efficient numerical approach to simulate the left atrial appendage occlusion in patient-specific anatomiesComput Methods Programs Biomed2026 DecPMID 42790051
- Atrial fibrillation in coronary artery bypass patients: what should be offeredCurr Opin Cardiol2026 Nov 1PMID 42681973Review
- Non-Contrast cardiac magnetic resonance for left atrial appendage occlusion Planning: A comparative study with cardiac CTAEur J Radiol2026 NovPMID 42636708
- Percutaneous and surgical left atrial appendage occlusion in non-valvular atrial fibrillation: Contemporary narrative reviewCurr Probl Cardiol2026 NovPMID 42586459Review
- ICE-guided left atrial appendage closure: Reassuring real-world outcomes in an era of conflicting randomized evidenceInt J Cardiol2026 Nov 1PMID 42503336
- [Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure: Towards enlargement of implantations in centres without on-site cardiac surgery]Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)2026 Oct 15PMID 42881004Review
- Long-term outcomes of ICE-guided left atrial appendage occlusion from a large single-center experienceInt J Cardiol2026 Oct 15PMID 42413828
- Delayed Aortic Embolization of a Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device: Implications for Risk-Stratified Postprocedural ManagementJACC Case Rep2026 Oct 14PMID 42593374
- Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion for Persistent Thrombus Preventing Rhythm ControlJACC Case Rep2026 Oct 14PMID 42569984
- Direct oral anticoagulants vs dual antiplatelet therapy after left atrial appendage occlusion: a meta-analysis of trialsEur Heart J2026 Oct 13PMID 42867199
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
"left atrial appendage"[tiab] AND (occlusion[tiab] OR closure[tiab])Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.