Left Atrial Appendage Closure – The WATCHMAN Device
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias seen in clinical cardiology practice. Patients with non-valvular AF have an approximately 5-fold increase in the risk of stroke, with an exponential increase with advancing age. Cardioembolic strokes carry a high mortality risk. Although...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Bentham Science Publishers
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4774639/ |