Impact of left atrial appendage closure during cardiac surgery on the occurrence of early postoperative atrial fibrillation, stroke, and mortality

Circulation

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 366-378

  Melduni, Rowlens M ^a   Schaff, Hartzell V ^a   Lee, Hon Chi ^a   Gersh, Bernard J ^a   Noseworthy, Peter A ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a   Ammash, Naser M ^a   Cha, Stephen S ^a   Fatema, Kaniz ^a   Wysokinski, Waldemar E ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Packer, Douglas L ^a   Rihal, Charanjit S ^a   Asirvatham, Samuel J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; prevention and control; stroke; survival; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; SURGERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85003968492     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021952     Document Type: Article

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