Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Circulation. 2018 Aug 28;138(9):886-888. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035764.

Authors

Christopher R Ellis¹, Jonathan P Piccini²

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN (C.R.E.).
² Duke Center for Atrial Fibrillation, Duke Clinical Research Institute, and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (J.P.P.).

PMID: 30354457
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035764

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; atrial fibrillation; echocardiography, transesophageal; embolism; left atrial appendage occlusion; thrombosis.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage*
Heart Diseases*
Humans
Thrombosis*