Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure with an epicardial suture ligation approach: A prospective randomized pre-clinical feasibility study

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-376

  Singh, Sheldon M ^a   Dukkipati, Srinivas R ^a   d'Avila, Andre ^a   Doshi, Shephal K ^b   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epicardial; Left atrial appendage; Suture ligation; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STROKE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 76849100163     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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