Left atrial appendage characteristics and the risk of stroke: Sorting out the contenders from the pretenders

Heart Rhythm. 2016 Apr;13(4):828-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.01.003. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Author

Jonathan P Piccini Sr¹

Affiliation

¹ Duke Center for Atrial Fibrillation, Electrophysiology Section, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: jonathan.piccini@duke.edu.

PMID: 26776556
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.01.003

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Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage / diagnostic imaging*
Atrial Fibrillation
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Risk
Stroke*