Epicardial left atrial appendage occlusion with a new medical device: assessment of procedural feasibility, safety and efficacy in a large animal model

BACKGROUND: Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) represents a treatment alternative to anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. We evaluate a novel device for epicardial LAAO in a translational canine model. METHODS: Nine hounds (n = 9) were used to assess usability, safety, and effic...

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Autores principales: Emmert, Maximilian Y., Firstenberg, Michael S., Martella, Arthur T., Lau, Liming, Zlock, Stephen, Mohan, Ashik, Spangler, Taylor, Currie, Sarah, Salzberg, Sacha P., Caliskan, Etem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32245388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-01096-0

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