Non-pharmacological therapy for atrial fibrillation: Managing the left atrial appendage

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Luis, Sushil Allen ^a   Roper, Damian ^a   Incani, Alexander ^a   Poon, Karl ^a   Haqqani, Haris ^a   Walters, Darren L ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SUTURING METHOD; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84862283957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/304626     Document Type: Review

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