Short and long-term outcomes of percutaneous left atrial appendage suture ligation: Results from a US multicenter evaluation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1030-1036

  Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya ^a   Afzal, Muhammad R ^a   Lee, Randall J ^b   Nagaraj, Hosakote ^c   Tschopp, David ^d   Gidney, Brett ^e   Ellis, Christopher ^f   Altman, Eric ^g   Lee, Brian ^h   Kar, Saibal ⁱ   Bhadwar, Nitish ^b   Sanchez, Mauricio ^j   Gadiyaram, Varuna ^k   Evonich, Rudolph ^k   Rasekh, Abdi ^l   Cheng, Jie ^m,n   Cuoco, Frank ^o   Chandhok, Sheetal ^p   Gunda, Sampath ^a   Reddy, Madhu ^a   Atkins, Donita ^a   Bommana, Sudharani ^a   Cuculich, Phillip ^q   Gibson, Douglas ^c   Nath, Jayant ^a   Ferrell, Ryan ^a   Matthew, Earnest ^a   Wilber, David ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c Nebraska Heart Institute   (United States)

^d Austin Heart Hospital   (United States)

^e Heart Rhythm Center   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

ⁱ CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k SCRIPPS HEALTH   (United States)

^l Hall Garcia Cardiology Associates   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^p Universidad de Bryn Mawr   (United States)

^q WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; LARIAT; Left atrial appendage; Stroke

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART PERFORATION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE SUTURE LIGATION; PERICARDITIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; HEART INJURY; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIGATION; LONG TERM ADVERSE EFFECTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERICARDITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUNCTURES; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961185775     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.01.022     Document Type: Article

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