Percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage to prevent embolic events in high-risk patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-222

  Ussia, Gian Paolo ^a   Mulè, Massimiliano ^a   Cammalleri, Valeria ^a   Scarabelli, Marilena ^a   Barbanti, Marco ^a   Immè, Sebastiano ^a   Mangiafico, Sarah ^a   Marchese, Anna ^a   Galassi, Alfredo Ruggero ^a   Tamburino, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage occlusion; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349498386     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22099     Document Type: Article

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