Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (PLAATO) for preventing cardioembolism first experience in canine model

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2217-2222

  Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Virmani, Renu ^b   Jones, Russell ^b   Lee, Randall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Prevention; Stroke; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPLEEN; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SKIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037035487     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000015605.30810.51     Document Type: Article

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