Catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion procedure: Role of echocardiography

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-138

  Perk, Gila ^a,d,e   Biner, Simon ^b   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a,e   Saric, Muhamed ^a   Chinitz, Larry ^a   Thompson, Keith ^b   Shiota, Takahiro ^b   Hussani, Asma ^b   Lang, Roberto ^c   Siegel, Robert ^b   Kar, Saibal ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Lenox Hill Interventional Cardiac and Vascular Services   (United States)

^e LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendage occlusion; Left atrial appendage; Three dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863838905     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer158     Document Type: Review

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