Robotic-assisted left atrial ligation for stroke reduction in chronic atrial fibrillation: A case report

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-26

  Kiaii, Bob ^a   McClure, Scott ^a   Skanes, Alan C ^a   Ross, Ian G ^a   Spouge, Alison R ^a   Swinamer, Stuart ^a   Rayman, Reiza ^a   Bainbridge, Daniel T ^a   Iglesias, Ivan ^a   Novick, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 39049176045     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20051148     Document Type: Article

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