Exclusion of the left atrial appendage with a novel device: Early results of a multicenter trial

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Ailawadi, Gorav ^a   Gerdisch, Marc W ^b   Harvey, Richard L ^c   Hooker, Robert L ^d   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^e   Salamon, Thomas ^f   Mack, Michael J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b St Francis Heart Center   (United States)

^c Macon Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

^d SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Mount Carmel ^*  (United States)

^g Heart Hospital Baylor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLIP; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054998129     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.07.052     Document Type: Article

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