Ischemic stroke severity and mortality after left atrial appendage closure vs nonwarfarin oral anticoagulants in patients with prior stroke

Affiliations

• ¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
• ² Homolka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
• ³ St. Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
• ⁴ Pacific Heart Institute, Santa Monica, California.
• ⁵ Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas.
• ⁶ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Houston, Texas.
• ⁷ Scripps Health, San Diego, California.
• ⁸ Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ⁹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. Electronic address: vivek.reddy@mountsinai.org.