Is left atrial appendage occlusion useful for prevention of stroke or embolism in atrial fibrillation?

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 376-379

  Stollberger C ^a   Finsterer, J ^b   Ernst, G ^a   Schneider, B ^c  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b 2 Neurologische Abteilung   (Austria)

^c Stadtisches Krankenhaus Sud   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Stroke Maze procedure; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036105940     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-002-0818-y     Document Type: Review

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