Cost-Effectiveness of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Case Based on Facts Not in Evidence?

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Jun;9(6):e004223. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004223.

Authors

Sean D Pokorney¹, Daniel B Mark²

Affiliations

¹ From the Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
² From the Duke Clinical Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. daniel.mark@duke.edu.

PMID: 27307520
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004223

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; atrial appendage; atrial fibrillation; cost-effectiveness; ligation; warfarin.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage*
Atrial Fibrillation
Cost-Benefit Analysis*
Humans
Stroke
Warfarin

Substances

Warfarin