Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is essential for left atrial appendage closure
| Autor: | Macit Kalçık, Ezgi Gültekin Güner, Ahmet Güner, Mehmet Erturk, Ahmet Emir Ulutaş, Büşra Çörekçioğlu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Kalçık, Macit |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Appendage medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Closure (topology) Atrial fibrillation medicine.disease Echocardiography Left atrial Internal medicine Thromboembolism Atrial Fibrillation medicine Cardiology Humans Transesophageal Echocardiography Atrial Appendage Surgery cardiovascular diseases Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion Cardiac Surgical Procedures Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal |
| Popis: | To the Editor,We have recently read with great interest the article by Jianget al.1entitled“Left atrial appendage exclusion is effective in re-ducing postoperative stroke after mitral valve replacement.”Weappreciate the authors for their study describing that left atrialappendage (LAA) exclusion using a double‐layer suture duringmitral valve replacement in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) issafe and effective in reducing early ischemic stroke. On the otherhand, we believe that there are some major drawbacks that needto be addressed WOS:000587713000001 2-s2.0-85096787859 PubMed: 33169402 |
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