CSI FOCUS LAA 2026
TOPICS

  • Topics
  • Planning and access
    • LAA anatomy and imaging before, during and after the procedure
    • Transseptal puncture: site selection, difficult anatomy and complications
  • Choosing the patient and the therapy
    • Who benefits from LAA closure? Evidence, guidelines and controversies
    • OAC or device: the pharma versus devices debate
    • LAA closure in heart failure and atrial cardiomyopathy
  • Procedure and devices
    • Step-by-step procedural guidance for the main devices
    • Surgical, epicardial and percutaneous approaches
    • Next-generation technologies
  • Combined procedures and EP
    • LAA closure and AF ablation in one procedure
    • Pulsed field ablation: comparing devices
    • EP-IC collaboration
  • Safety and follow-up
    • Complications: learning from failures
    • Peri-device leaks: when and how to treat
    • Device-related thrombus: prevention and management
    • Ambulatory workflow and same-day discharge
  • Learning formats
    • Live cases from Salamanca, Frankfurt and Jonesboro (USA)

    • 360° Hands-on training