Success of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Closure. Assessment by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 924-929

  Kanderian, Anne S ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Pettersson, Gosta B ^a   Blackstone, Eugene ^a   Klein, Allan L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; left atrial appendage thrombus; stroke; surgical left atrial appendage closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE CLOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50449106820     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.067     Document Type: Article

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