The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1269-1274, May 2010

Left atrial appendage clip occlusion: Early clinical results

  • Sacha P. Salzberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Sacha P. Salzberg, MD, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH - 8091 Zurich.
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  • Andre Plass, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Maximillian Y. Emmert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Lotus Desbiolles, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Hatem Alkadhi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Jurg Grünenfelder, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Michele Genoni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Received 12 March 2009; received in revised form 20 May 2009; accepted 10 June 2009. published online 02 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: S.P.S. reports consulting fees and grant support from Atricure. This study was supported by a grant from Atricure, the manufacturer of the LAA clip. All ablation technology was purchased as part of standard clinical care. The authors had full control of the design of the study, methods used, outcomes parameters, analysis of data, and production of this article. This research was funded with an unrestricted research grant from Atricure Inc. H.A. and L.D. have been supported by the National Center of Competence in Research, Computer Aided and Image Guided Medical Interventions of the Swiss National Science Foundation. The trial is registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov, Reference: NCT00567515.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01134-9

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.033

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 5 , Pages 1269-1274, May 2010

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