Percutaneous Closure of a Very Large Left Atrial Appendage Using the Amplatzer Amulet

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1329.e9-1329.e11

  Freixa, Xavier ^a   Kwai Chan, Jason Leung ^a   Tzikas, Apostolos ^b   Garceau, Patrick ^a   Basmadjian, Arsène ^a   Ibrahim, Réda ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b St Luke's Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84884592790     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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