Epicardial left atrial appendage clip occlusion also provides the electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-418

  Starck, Christoph T ^a   Steffel, Jan ^a   Emmert, Maximilian Y ^a   Plass, Andre ^a   Mahapatra, Srijoy ^b   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Salzberg, Sacha P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Clip; Electrical isolation; Left atrial appendage; Maze; Occlusion; Stroke; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRICAL ISOLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLIP OCCLUSION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869390561     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs136     Document Type: Article

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