Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: An assessment of net clinical benefit

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2700-2708

  Gangireddy, Sandeep R ^a   Halperin, Jonathan L ^a,b   Fuster, Valentin ^a,c,d   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mount Sinai Heart   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Net clinical benefit; Stroke; Watchman

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THERAPEUTIC OCCLUSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868562794     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs292     Document Type: Article

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