Seize the day, …s(e)ize the device: the emerging imaging modality
to improve left atrial appendage device sizing
Abstract
There is still uncertainity about the use of CT-scan for LAAO device
sizing. The main reason for this disappointing position is likely to
relate to the scarcity of robust data, since there is still difference
among institutions with regards how to perform measurement of the
devices. Dallan et al. (1) report their own experience on the use of a
novel computed tomography angiography-based (CTA) for sizing the
Watchman Flex device for left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) . The
authors through the TruPlan software package that a pre-procedural CTA
sizing protocol can be applied successfully with ICE guidance and
provide excellent procedural outcomes.The applied CTA protocol is safe
and can provide high success rates with the WatchmanTM FLX device
reducing the number of deployment attempts and reducing the risk of
complications.