Morbid obesity is associated with increased procedural complications and worse in-hospital outcomes after percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation

Authors

Siddharth Agarwal, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Zain Ul Asad, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Muhammad Zia Khan, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, West Virginia University Heart & Vascular Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Lydia Fekadu Messele, Division of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.
Douglas Darden, Division of Cardiology, Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute, Overland Park, Kansas.
Deepak Kumar Pasupula, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, Iowa.
Gagan D. Singh, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.
Uma N. Srivatsa, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.
Salman Zahid, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Sudarshan Balla, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, West Virginia University Heart & Vascular Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Christopher V. DeSimone, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Abhishek Deshmukh, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Muhammad Bilal Munir, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.

Department

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Heart Rhythm

First Page

637

Last Page

639

DOI

10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.12.030

Volume

20

Issue

4

Publication Date

4-1-2023

PubMed ID

36581172

Recommended Citation

Agarwal, S., Asad, Z. U., Khan, M. Z., Messele, L. F., Darden, D., Pasupula, D. K., Singh, G. D., Srivatsa, U. N., Zahid, S., Balla, S., DeSimone, C. V., Deshmukh, A., & Munir, M. B. (2023). Morbid obesity is associated with increased procedural complications and worse in-hospital outcomes after percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation. Heart Rhythm, 20 (4), 637-639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.12.030