Left atrial appendage: Anatomy and imaging landmarks pertinent to percutaneous transcatheter occlusion

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1636-1650

  Cabrera, José Angel ^a   Saremi, Farhood ^b   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HUMAN; SURGERY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84895416325     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304464     Document Type: Article

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