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Table 3 Procedure related and 30 days postprocedural follow-up adverse events

From: Characteristics and outcome of patients with left atrial appendage closure in China: a single-center experience

Variables

All patients

(n = 222)

Conventional approach

(n = 168)

Minimalist approach

(n = 54)

P value

Thromboembolism events, n (%)

3 (1.35%)

3 (1.78%)

0 (0)

> 0.999

Stroke, n (%)

3 (1.35%)

3 (1.78%)

0 (0)

> 0.999

TIA, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

> 0.999

Other, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

> 0.999

Pericardial effusion, n (%)

2 (0.90%)

1 (0.60%)

1 (1.85%)

0.428

Pericardial tamponade, n (%)

2 (0.90%)

1 (0.60%)

1 (1.85%)

0.428

Device embolization, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

> 0.999

Device-related death, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

> 0.999

Major bleedings, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

> 0.999

Access-related complications, n (%)

6 (2.70%)

4 (2.38%)

2 (3.70%)

0.635

Groin hematoma > 6 cm, n (%)

3 (1.35%)

2 (1.19%)

1 (1.85%)

0.569

Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm, n (%)

3 (1.35%)

2 (1.19%)

1 (1.85%)

0.569

Arteriovenous fistula, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

> 0.999

  1. TIA, transient ischemic attack