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When cabg, doctor talk that my laa will ligation. how is the procedure the laa ligation? with amputation (removal), sewing, or ligation with thread?

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Dr. Robert Fietsam answered

Specializes in Surgery - Thoracic

All 3 or a clip: Left Atrial Appendage removal or exclusion can be done by putting a large clip across it, by oversewing it, of if in the heart, by sewing inside.

Answered 2/4/2015

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