Response by Heeger et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients Not Responding to Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Benefit and Risks"

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany (C.-H.H., A.R., D.G., T.F., S.M., R.R.T., B.R., C.L., T.M., F.S., O.I., C.S., YH.H., H.A., I.D., M.S., A.M., K.-H.K., F.O.).
• ² University Heart Center Luebeck, Medical Clinic II (Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine), Division of Electrophysiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (C.-H.H., T.F., R.R.T.).
• ³ Asklepios Proresearch, Hamburg, Germany (P.W.).
• ⁴ Herz und Diabeteszentrum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (C.S.).
• ⁵ Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China (F.O.).