Recanalization of the left atrial apprendage demonstrated by transesophageal echocardiography

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1774-1775

  Lynch, Mary ^a   Shanewise, Jack S ^a   Chang, George L ^a   Martin, Randolph P ^a   Clements, Stephen D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SUTURING METHOD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030858729     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)83862-3     Document Type: Article

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