Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery for patients with atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 847-854

  Tsai, Yi Chin ^a   Phan, Kevin ^b,c   Munkholm larsen, Stine ^c,d   Tian, David H ^b   La meir, Mark ^e,f   Yan, Tristan D ^b,g  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^g ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Meta analysis; Surgical occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84929170792     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu291     Document Type: Article

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