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Comparison of transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiography in guiding percutaneous left atrial appendage closure with an Amplatzer Amulet device

INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous occlusion of the left atrial appendage (LAAO) is becoming an extensively used method of stroke prevention in individuals with contraindications to oral anticoagulants. Transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is the gold standard for LAAO guiding, but intracardiac echocardio...

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Autores principales: Streb, Witold, Mitręga, Katarzyna, Podolecki, Tomasz, Morawski, Stanisław, Szulik, Mariola, Jędrzejczyk-Patej, Ewa, Kukulski, Tomasz, Kalarus, Zbigniew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31933661
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aic.2019.90219