Simplified technique for surgical ligation of the left atrial appendage in high-risk patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 430-431

  Bakhtiary, Farhad ^a   Kleine, Peter ^a   Martens, Sven ^a   Dzemali, Omer ^a   Dogan, Selami ^a   Keller, Harald ^a   Ackermann, Hans ^a   Zierer, Andreas ^a   Özaslan, Feyzan ^a   Wittlinger, Thomas ^a   Moritz, Anton ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649102801     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.057     Document Type: Article

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