Left atrial appendage occlusion debate revisited

Circulation. 2015 Feb 24;131(8):756-61. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.008840.

Authors

Richard P Whitlock¹, Jeff S Healey², David R Holmes²

Affiliations

¹ From Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (R.P.W., J.S.H.); and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (D.R.H.). richard.whitlock@phri.ca.
² From Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (R.P.W., J.S.H.); and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (D.R.H.).

PMID: 25712058
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.008840

No abstract available

Keywords: appendage; atrial fibrillation; stroke.

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Cardiac Catheters
Heart Atria / surgery*
Humans
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / prevention & control*
Therapeutic Occlusion / adverse effects
Therapeutic Occlusion / instrumentation
Therapeutic Occlusion / methods*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticoagulants