Multicenter study on acute and long-term safety and efficacy of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure using an epicardial suture snaring device

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1853-1859

  Miller, Marc A ^a   Gangireddy, Sandeep R ^a   Doshi, Shephal K ^b   Aryana, Arash ^c   Koruth, Jacob S ^a   Sennhauser, Susie ^a   d'Avila, Andre ^a   Dukkipati, Srinivas R ^a   Neuzil, Petr ^d   Reddy, Vivek Y ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pacific Heart Institute   (United States)

^c Regional Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^d NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; LARIAT; Left atrial appendage; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIVAROXABAN; STEROID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DEVICE SAFETY; EPICARDIAL SNARE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART PERFORATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL SUTURE LIGATION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SUTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919432125     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.07.032     Document Type: Article

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