Transcatheter patch occlusion of the left atrial appendage using surgical adhesives in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2236-2240

  Toumanides, Savvas ^a   Sideris, Eleftherios B ^b   Agricola, Tullio ^c   Moulopoulos, Spyridon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Athenian Institute of Pediatric Cardiology   (Greece)

^c SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage occlusion; transcatheter patch

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MACROGOL; TISSUE ADHESIVE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS; TRANSCATHETER PATCH; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULCER;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE ADHESIVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80855133526     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.036     Document Type: Article

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