Advances in Stroke Prevention Through Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Atrial fibrillation is the major cause of stroke.Although it can reduce the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation patients by long-term taking warfarin.The inconvinence of taking warfarin limited its clinical application.The left atrial appendage is the source of cardiac emboli in 90% of patients,exclusion of the left atrial appendage from circulation is an alternative for the prevention of strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation.Cardiac surgery and other approaches should be used to obliteration left atrial appendage.Currently alternative interventions have the advantage of being less invasive and having a high success rate as well as providing an alternative for patients who have difficulties with warfarin.