Percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: Early clinical experience

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1887-1889

  Sievert, Horst ^a   Lesh, Michael D ^a   Trepels, Thomas ^a   Omran, Heyder ^a   Bartorelli, Antonio ^a   Bella, Paola Della ^a   Nakai, Toshiko ^a   Reisman, Mark ^a   DiMario, Carlo ^a   Block, Peter ^a   Kramer, Paul ^a   Fleschenberg, Dirk ^a   Krumsdorf, Ulrike ^a   Scherer, Detlef ^a  

^a CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial flutter; Atrium; Embolism; Stroke; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALLOYS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SKIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037161359     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000015698.54752.6D     Document Type: Article

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