The left atrial appendage: our most lethal human attachment! Surgical implications

Objectives: To prevent death from atrial fibrillation, a cardiac disease which kills by producing emboli. Atrial fibrillation causes about 25% of strokes and increases stroke rate by five times. Over 90% of these embolic strokes are from clots originating in the left atrial appendage. This study add...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2000-06, Vol.17 (6), p.718-722
Hauptverfasser:	Johnson, W. Dudley, Ganjoo, A.K., Stone, Christopher D., Srivyas, Ramahalli C., Howard, Mary
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Atrial appendage Atrial Appendage - diagnostic imaging Atrial Appendage - surgery Atrial fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation - mortality Atrial Fibrillation - prevention & control Biological and medical sciences Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Clinical Trials as Topic Disease Models, Animal Echocardiography, Transesophageal Female Goats Humans Male Medical sciences Prognosis Sensitivity and Specificity Stroke prevention Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Survival Analysis Thoracoscopy - methods Thromboembolism - mortality Thromboembolism - prevention & control
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