LAAO Procedure Decision Making and Patient Selection

Speaker:
Paul D. Varosy, MD – Director of EP / Professor of Medicine, VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System / University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 


Description:
This session will discuss factors impacting patient selection for the LAAO procedure. Participants will determine the best candidates, what drives diagnostic testing selection, device selection and treatments prior to evolution of transcatheter LAAO.

• Identify two risk factors impacting patient selection for the LAAO procedure.
• Describe two factors impacting diagnostic testing selection.