Novel stroke risk reduction in atrial fibrillation: left atrial appendage occlusion with a focus on the Watchman closure device

Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains an important clinical problem with severe complications such as stroke, which especially harms those with risk factors as calculated by the CHADS(2) or CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc. Until now, no therapy has proven 100% effective against AF. Since the left atrial appendage (LAA)...

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Autores principales: Alipour, Arash, Wintgens, Lisette I S, Swaans, Martin J, Balt, Jippe C, Rensing, Benno J W M, Boersma, Lucas V A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293114
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S89213

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28293114
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S89213

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