Table 2

Classification of haemorrhagic pathologies that led to LAAC in our study population

Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH)122 (83.6%)
Intraparenchymal haemorrhage (IPH)58 (47.5%)
Lobar IPH32 (55.2%)
Deep IPH23 (39.7%)
Both deep and lobar IPH3 (5.2%)
Traumatic ICH40 (32.8%)
Non-traumatic subdural haemorrhage18 (14.7%)
primary intraventricular haemorrhage3 (2.4%)
Non-aneurysmal convexity subarachnoid haemorrhage4 (3.3%)
undetermined2 (1.6%)
Haemorrhagic imaging markers (CMB-group)24 (16.4%)
Total study population146 (100%)
  • *3 patients had separate events of IPH and Traumatic ICH and are included in both IPH and traumatic ICH groups.

  • CMB, cerebral microbleed; LAAC, left atrial appendage closure.