Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: An update

Open Heart

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Backer, O ^a   Arnous, S ^a   Ihlemann, N ^a   Vejlstrup, N ^a   Jorgensen E ^a   Pehrson, S ^a   Krieger, T D W ^a   Meier, P ^a   Sondergaard L ^a   Franzen, O W ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; EMBOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 84984659268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20533624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2013-000020     Document Type: Review

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