Role of echocardiography in percutaneous occlusion of the left atrial appendage

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-404

  Mráz, Tomáš ^a   Neužil, Petr ^a   Mandysová, Eva ^a   Niederle, Petr ^a   Reddy, Vivek Y ^b  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Left atrial appendage thrombus; Percutaneous intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS OCCLUSION OF THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947362411     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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