Intracardiac echocardiography off piste? Closure of the left atrial appendage using ICE and local anesthesia

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-127

  MacDonald, Simon T ^a   Newton, James D ^a   Ormerod, Oliver J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embolization; intracardiac echo; left atrial appendage closure

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78650658493     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22652     Document Type: Article

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