A novel device for left atrial appendage exclusion

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1639-1644

  Kamohara, Keiji ^a   Fukamachi, Kiyotaka ^a   Ootaki, Yoshio ^a   Akiyama, Masatoshi ^a   Zahr, Firas ^a   Kopcak Jr , Michael W ^a   Dessoffy, Raymond ^a   Popović, Zoran B ^a   Daimon, Masao ^a   Cosgrove, Delos M ^a   Marc Gillinov, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOTOMY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 27944432960     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.08.019     Document Type: Article

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