Prevention of stroke by percutaneous left atrial appendage closure: Short term follow-up

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-196

  De Meester, Pieter ^a   Thijs, Vincent ^a   Van Deyk, Kristien ^a   Budts, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Percutaneous closure; Stroke; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MITRAL VALVE; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBUS;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953293908     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.112     Document Type: Article

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