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Med."],"abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Background:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A single procedure combining left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) plus catheter ablation (CA) has been proven to be safe and feasible for treating atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the influence of treatment modality on left atrial (LA) function is not thoroughly explained.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Objective:<\/jats:bold>\n                    We aimed to investigate the changes of LA function in persistent AF patients undergoing concomitant LAAC and CA.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The study population comprised 65 patients who underwent combined AF ablation and Watchman LAAC (combined therapy group) in our center, and 65 participants of the AF simple ablation group who were matched based on sex, age, CHA\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    DS\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    -VASc score and HAS-BLED score using propensity score matching. During the 1-year follow-up period, two-dimensional echocardiography and speckle tracking echocardiography were performed to assess LA reservoir, conduit, and contractile function.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The combined therapy was associated with a significant improvement in the LA reservoir function with increased expansion index and strain indices, including strain and strain rate (SR) during ventricular systole. Conduit function with SR during early ventricular diastole was also improved, as was contractile function with active atrial emptying fraction and SR during atrial systole. Similarly, LA reservoir and contractile function indices all improved continuously during follow-up after catheter ablation alone. At 3 months follow-up LA reservoir and conduit function with strain indices had a tendency to improve only in the simple procedure group. At 1-year follow-up there was no significant difference in either LA volumes or strain indices between the two groups.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Both the combined therapy group and the simple ablation group demonstrated significant improvement in LA function. Based upon the fact that LA function was improved in both groups it might be concluded that most of the effects appeared to result from ablation, not LAAC; furthermore the additional LAAC procedure did not affect the improvement of LA function after CA.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcvm.2021.666465","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,30]],"date-time":"2021-04-30T01:03:02Z","timestamp":1619744582000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Effect of Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Combination With Catheter Ablation on Left Atrial Function for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Jing","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yue","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liang","family":"Feng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingqing","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ling","family":"You","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinglan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guangming","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xue","family":"Geng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruiqin","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"771","DOI":"10.1016\/j.hrthm.2014.02.003","article-title":"Very long-term outcome after initially successful catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation","volume":"11","author":"Steinberg","year":"2014","journal-title":"Heart Rhythm"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"281","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCEP.113.001182","article-title":"Comparison of CHADS2, R2CHADS2, and CHA2DS2-VASc scores for the prediction of rhythm outcomes after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: the Leipzig Heart Center AF Ablation Registry","volume":"7","author":"Kornej","year":"2014","journal-title":"Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1548","DOI":"10.4244\/EIJ-D-19-00507","article-title":"Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure compared to non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and high bleeding risk (HAS-BLED \u22653)","volume":"15","author":"Godino","year":"2020","journal-title":"EuroIntervention."},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2964","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacc.2017.10.021","article-title":"5-Year Outcomes after left atrial appendage closure: From the PREVAIL and PROTECT AF Trials","volume":"70","author":"Reddy","year":"2017","journal-title":"J Am Coll Cardiol"},{"key":"B5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euz286","article-title":"Combining left atrial appendage closure and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: 2-year outcomes from a multinational registry","volume":"22","author":"Phillips","year":"2020","journal-title":"Europace"},{"key":"B6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1345","DOI":"10.1111\/jce.13957","article-title":"A left atrial appendage closure combined procedure review: past, present, and future perspectives","volume":"30","author":"Gasperetti","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol"},{"key":"B7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euz212","article-title":"The left atrial appendage in humans: structure, physiology, and pathogenesis","volume":"22","author":"Karim","year":"2020","journal-title":"Europace"},{"key":"B8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"H1006","DOI":"10.1152\/ajpheart.1990.259.4.H1006","article-title":"Compliance of left atrium with and without left atrium appendage","volume":"259","author":"Davis","year":"1990","journal-title":"Am J Physiol"},{"key":"B9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"167","DOI":"10.1161\/01.RES.72.1.167","article-title":"Altered left atrial compliance after atrial appendectomy. 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