Ad hoc percutaneous left atrial appendage closure

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 683-686

  Nietlispach, Fabian ^a   Krause, René ^a   Khattab, Ahmed ^a   Gloekler, Steffen ^a   Schmid, Michael ^a   Wenaweser, Peter ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^a   Meier, Bernhard ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ad hoc; Amplatzer Cardiac Plug; Device closure; embolism; interventional closure; left atrial appendage; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN; NITINOL;

AGED; AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR CATHETER; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER SHEATH; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HAS BLED SCORE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE; IMPLANTATION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEEDLE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PUNCTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR GUIDE WIRE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890043473     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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