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Left Atrial Appendage

Known as: HEART, LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE 
The ear-shaped, muscular pouch of the left atrium.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Left atrial appendage exclusion-Where do we stand?
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is consider to be the most common cardiac arrhythmia with an increasingly prevalence. It is postulated… 
2013
2013
Left atrial thrombus after appendage closure using LARIAT.
  • Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
  • 2013
  • Corpus ID: 29636143
The left atrial appendage (LAA) is the source of thromboembolism in the vast majority of patients with atrial fibrillation and… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Anatomic evaluation of the left phrenic nerve relevant to epicardial and endocardial catheter ablation: implications for phrenic nerve injury.
2006
2006
Images in cardiovascular medicine. A left atrial appendage thrombus mimicking atrial myxoma.
A 58-year-old female with a medical history of ≈2 years of chronic atrial fibrillation (on warfarin treatment), previous right… 
2006
2006
Electrophysiological pulmonary vein antrum isolation with a multielectrode basket catheter is feasible and effective for curing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: efficacy of minimally extensive…
2004
2004
Relationship of left atrial appendage function to left ventricular function.
BACKGROUND The study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of left atrial appendage function to left ventricular function… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Are left atrial appendage flow velocities adequate surrogates of global left atrial function? A population-based transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic study.
BACKGROUND Left atrial appendage (LAA) contraction velocities are used frequently as surrogates of global left atrial (LA… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Intraoperative map guided operation for atrial fibrillation due to mitral valve disease.
1997
1997
Left ventricular Doppler filling pattern in dilated cardiomyopathy: relation to hemodynamics and left atrial function.
1984
1984
Staple closure of the left atrial appendage.
Closure of the fibrillating left atrial appendage has been recommended during mitral valve repair or replacement to prevent… 
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