Adding left atrial appendage closure to open heart surgery provides protection from ischemic brain injury six years after surgery independently of atrial fibrillation history: the LAACS randomized study

BACKGROUND: Open heart surgery is associated with high occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF), subsequently increasing the risk of post-operative ischemic stroke. Concomitant with open heart surgery, a cardiac ablation procedure is commonly performed in patients with known AF, often followed by left...

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Autores principales: Park-Hansen, Jesper, Holme, Susanne J.V., Irmukhamedov, Akhmadjon, Carranza, Christian L., Greve, Anders M., Al-Farra, Gina, Riis, Robert G. C., Nilsson, Brian, Clausen, Johan S.R., Nørskov, Anne S., Kruuse, Christina R., Rostrup, Egill, Dominguez, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29792215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-018-0740-7

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