Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion: evaluation of a novel device with magnetic resonance imaging

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 766-770

  Salzberg, Sacha P ^a   Gillinov, Alan Marc ^b   Anyanwu, Anelechi ^a   Castillo, Javier ^a   Filsoufi, Farzan ^a   Adams, David H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Device; Left atrial appendage; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAPIO ANUBIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STROKE;

EID: 53149146669     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.05.058     Document Type: Article

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