Feasibility of closed-chest ligation of the left atrial appendage in humans

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-193

  Bartus, Krzysztof ^a   Bednarek, Jacek ^a   Myc, Jacek ^a   Kapelak, Boguslaw ^a   Sadowski, Jerzy ^a   Lelakowski, Jacek ^a   Yakubov, Steven J ^b   Lee, Randall J ^c,d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Suture ligation; Thromboembolic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; LIGATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SUTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251568013     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.10.040     Document Type: Article

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