New technical and anticoagulation aspects for left atrial appendage closure using the WATCHMAN® device in patients not taking warfarin

EuroIntervention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-468

  Meincke, Felix ^a   Schmidt Salzmann, Maximilian ^a   Kreidel, Felix ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Bergmann, Martin W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage closure; WATCHMAN device

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEVICE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERIMETER; PULMONARY VEIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84883408373     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I4A75     Document Type: Article

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