Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion (PLAATO System) to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation: Results from the international multi-center feasibility trials

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-14

  Ostermayer, Stefan H ^a   Reisman, Mark ^b   Kramer, Paul H ^c   Matthews, Ray V ^d   Gray, William A ^b   Block, Peter C ^e   Omran, Heyder ^f   Bartorelli, Antonio L ^g   Della Bella, Paolo ^g   Di Mario, Carlo ^h   Pappone, Carlo ⁱ   Casale, Paul N ^j   Moses, Jeffrey W ^k   Poppas, Athena ^l   Williams, David O ^l   Meier, Bernhard ^m   Skanes, Allan ⁿ   Teirstein, Paul S ^o   Lesh, Michael D ^p   Nakai, Toshiko ^p   Bayard, Yves ^a   Billinger, Kai ^a   Trepels, Thomas ^a   Krumsdorf, Ulrike ^a   Sievert, Horst ^a   more..

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Swedish Cardiovascular Research   (United States)

^c Shawnee Mission Medical Center   (United States)

^d GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^h ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^l RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^o SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE TRANSCATHETER OCCLUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344473932     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.03.042     Document Type: Article

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