Post mortem analysis of a left atrial appendage occlusion device (PLAATO) in a patient with permanent atrial fibrillation

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-20

  Omran, Heyder ^a   Schmidt, Harald ^a   Hardung, David ^a   Hammerstingl, Christoph ^a   Der Recke, Giso Von ^a   Haas, Susanne ^b   Büttner, Reinhard ^b   Lüderitz, Berndt ^b  

^a ST MARIEN HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTIMA; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 28344432091     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-005-3489-6     Document Type: Article

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