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ESO Blog and YSPR Corner 2019: Keep Calm and Carry On

By Linxin Li and Diana Aguiar de Sousa on behalf of the YSPR…

ESOC 2018- Stroke Prevention and Epidemiology

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ESOC Session Highlight – Prevention Non Trials

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Who Watches the Watchmen? – LAA closure for stroke protection

As primary source of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation, the left atrial appendage (LAA) qualifies as a target for mechanical interventions for stroke prevention.1 In particular for patients at high bleeding risk, local therapies, which exclude the LAA from the systemic circulation, offer a treatment alternative to oral anticoagulation for cardioembolic stroke prevention.