Intraprocedural and long-term incomplete occlusion of the left atrial appendage following placement of the WATCHMAN device: A single center experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-461

  Bai, Rong ^a,b   Horton, Rodney P ^a,c   Di Biase, Luigi ^a,c,d   Mohanty, Prasant ^a   Pump, Agnes ^a   Cardinal, Deb ^a   Scallon, Chantel ^a   Mohanty, Sanghamitra ^a   Santangeli, Pasquale ^a   Brantes, Mauricio C ^a,e   Sanchez, Javier ^a   Burkhardt, J David ^a   Zagrodzky, Jason D ^a   Gallinghouse, G Joseph ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a,c,f,g,h  

^a TEXAS CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; closure; left atrial appendage; stroke; thrombus; WATCHMAN device

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCATHETER LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TEXAS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84860838761     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02216.x     Document Type: Article

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