Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage. A Major Step Forward

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 601-602

  Sievert, Horst ^a   Bayard, Yves L ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; PLAATO; stroke; WATCHMAN

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650721748     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.05.013     Document Type: Editorial

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