Left atrial appendage exclusion and the risk of thromboembolic events following mitral valve surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-366

  Almahameed, Soufian T ^a   Khan, Mohammed ^a   Zuzek, Ryan W ^a   Juratli, Nour ^a   Belden, William A ^a   Asher, Craig R ^b   Novaro, Gian M ^b   Martin, David O ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c Department of Cardiovascular Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Mitral valve; Stroke

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OHIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 33947267630     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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