Percutaneous occlusion of left atrial appendage with the amplatzer cardiac plug™ in atrial fibrillation

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Montenegro, Márcio José ^a   Quintella, Edgard Freitas ^a   Damonte, Aníbal ^b   de Castro Sabino, Hugo ^a   Zajdenverg, Ricardo ^a   Laufer, Gustavo Pinaud ^a   Amorim, Bernardo ^a   Estrada, André Pereira Duque ^a   Armas, Cristian Paul Yugcha ^a   Sterque, Aline ^a  

^a Instituto Estadual de Cardiologia Aloysio de Castro   (Brazil)

^b Sanatorio Parque e Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atrial appendage; Atrial fibrillation; Prostheses and implants; Stroke; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATROPINE; CEFAZOLIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TELEPHONE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857934235     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2012005000012     Document Type: Article

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