2015 ACC/HRS/SCAI left atrial appendage occlusion device societal overview

Heart Rhythm. 2015 Oct;12(10):e122-36. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.06.034. Epub 2015 Jun 29.

Authors

Frederick A Masoudi¹, Hugh Calkins², Clifford J Kavinsky³, Joseph P Drozda Jr¹, Phillip Gainsley⁴, David J Slotwiner², Zoltan G Turi³

Affiliations

¹ American College of Cardiology representative.
² Heart Rhythm Society representative.
³ Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions representative.
⁴ Patient representative.

PMID: 26134035
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.06.034

No abstract available

Keywords: ACC/HRS/SCAI Societal Overview; atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; prevention; stroke.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / standards*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Prosthesis Design
Septal Occluder Device*
Societies, Medical*
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / prevention & control*