Use of tissue welding technology to obliterate left atrial appendage - Novel use of LigaSure™

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 372-373

  Jayakar, David ^a,b   Gozo, Felix ^a   Gomez, Erwin ^a   Carlos, Cris ^a  

^a St Catherine Hospital East Chicago   (United States)

^b Cardiac Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Left atrial appendage; Occlusion; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OCCLUSION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 24644441136     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.094722     Document Type: Article

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