Percutaneous left atrial appendage suture ligation using the lariat device in patients with atrial fibrillation: Initial clinical experience

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-118

  Bartus, Krzysztof ^a   Han, Frederick T ^b   Bednarek, Jacek ^a   Myc, Jacek ^a   Kapelak, Boguslaw ^a   Sadowski, Jerzy ^a   Lelakowski, Jacek ^a   Bartus, Stanislaw ^a   Yakubov, Steven J ^c   Lee, Randall J ^b,d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; suture ligation; thromboembolic stroke

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE SUTURE LIGATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; SUTURES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84879827915     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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