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Aneurysm of the Right Atrial Appendage [PDF]
Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2002 Atrial aneurysms involving the free wall or atrial appendage are rare entities in cardiology practice and may be associated with atrial arrhythmias or embolic phenomena. We review the literature and report a case of aneurysm of the right atrial appendage
Silvio Henrique Barberato +5 more
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Left atrial appendage occlusion. [PDF]
EuroIntervention, 2023 Prevention of stroke represents a goal of primary importance in health systems due to its associated morbidity and mortality. As several patient groups with increased stroke rates have been identified, multiple approaches have been developed and ...
D. Holmes +5 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion for Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021 The majority of embolic strokes in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation are caused by thrombi in the left atrial appendage. It is projected that strokes related to atrial fibrillation will markedly increase in the future unless effective ...
Fareed Moses S. Collado +7 more
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The Left Atrial Appendage Revised [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017 Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is associated with a 4- to 5-fold strokes increase and may be responsible for 15% to 20% of all strokes in the elderly. In this scenario, the left atrial appendage thrombus would be the associated with 90% of cases.
Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora +5 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background The PINNACLE FLX (Protection Against Embolism for Non‐valvular AF [Atrial Fibrillation] Patients: Investigational Device Evaluation of the Watchman FLX LAA [Left Atrial Appendage] Closure Technology) trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of ...
Shephal K. Doshi +18 more
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DILATATION OF THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE [PDF]
Heart, 1963 William G. Williams
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Residual leaks following percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion and outcomes: a meta-analysis.
European Heart Journal, 2023 BACKGROUND AND AIMS Residual leaks are not infrequent after left atrial appendage occlusion. However, there is still uncertainty regarding their prognostic implications.
A. Samaras +13 more
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Cardiac CT evaluation of left atrial diverticulum and accessory appendage
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2022 Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, location, size, and morphological features of the left atrial accessory appendage and diverticulum with cardiac computed tomography.
Sadullah Şimşek +2 more
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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Several studies in literature have shown that 90% of emboli related to non-valvular atrial fibrillation originate from left atrial appendage. Percutaneous closure or surgical exclusion of left atrial appendage in patients with high bleeding and high ...
Fabrizio Guarracini +13 more
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Juxtaposition of the Atrial Appendages [PDF]
Circulation, 1973 Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages refers to that condition in which both atrial appendages or one and part of the other lie beside each other and to one side of the great arterial vessels. The appendages lying to the left of the great vessels (left-sided juxtaposition) is considerably more common than the state in which the appendages lie to the ...
Jesse E. Edwards +3 more
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