Table 1
Conventional Group (n=25) Balloon Dilation Group (n=25)
Age (mean±SD) 79.3 (±7.9) yr 77.3(±10.1) yr
Sex- Female (%) 36% 44%
CHADS2-Vasc score (mean±SD) 4.3(±2.1) 4.6(±1.8)
Procedure time (minutes) 54.50 (± 20.3) 43.6 (±4.7)
Fluoroscopy time (minutes) 13.2 (±11.2) 6.1 (±1.6)
Trans-septal to ICE in LA time (minutes) 5.2(±7.5) 2.9 (±1.2)
Type of LAAO device (n)
Watchman FLX : 24 Amulet :1
Watchman FLX: 22 Amulet: 3
Interatrial septal shunt (mm) 5.6 (±1.6) 6.1(±1.3)
Interatrial Septal defect (mm)-1st imaging follow up 3.3 (± 1.1) 3.5 (±1.2)
Iatrogenic ASD present (n) 11 12