The clinical impact of incomplete left atrial appendage closure with the watchman device in patients with atrial fibrillation: A PROTECT AF (Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage Versus Warfarin Therapy for Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation) substudy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 923-929

  Viles Gonzalez, Juan F ^a   Kar, Saibal ^b   Douglas, Pamela ^c   Dukkipati, Srinivas ^a   Feldman, Ted ^d   Horton, Rodney ^e   Holmes, David ^f   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^e TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; occlusion device; stroke; Watchman

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERI DEVICE RESIDUAL BLOOD FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WARFARIN;

EID: 84857694903     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.11.028     Document Type: Article

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