Real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography-guided placement of left atrial appendage occlusion device

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 855-858

  Brinkman, Vincent ^a   Kalbfleisch, Steven ^a   Auseon, Alex ^a   Pu, Min ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; DEVICE; EMBOLISM; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749116802     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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