[Endovascular closure of the left atrial appendage in patients with atrial fibrillation: review of modern data and own experience of application].

ABSTRACT

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most often disturbance of cardiac rhythm met in clinical practice. Long term therapy with anticoagulants is used for prevention of thrombi formation in left atrial appendage and consequent thromboembolism. However some patients have contraindications to this therapy. This article contains consideration of various alternative methods of prevention of thromboembolic complications in particular those 2 which are most widely used at present - percutaneous transcatheter isolation of left atrial appendage with Amplatzer Cardiac Plug () or Watchman Device. We present also data on own experience of the use of the ACP device.