The effects of LAA ligation on LAA electrical activity

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 864-870

  Han, Frederick T ^a   Bartus, Krzysztof ^b   Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^c   Rojas, Francia ^d   Bednarek, Jacek ^b   Kapelak, Boguslaw ^b   Bartus, Magdalena ^b   Sadowski, Jerzy ^b   Badhwar, Nitish ^e   Earnest, Mathew ^c   Valderrabano, Miguel ^d   Lee, Randall J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Left atrial appendage ligation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UROLOGICAL SNARE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; LIGATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898982598     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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