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Exclusion of the left atrial appendage with a novel device: Early results of a multicenter trial

Gorav Ailawadi, Marc Gerdisch, Richard L. Harvey, Robert L. Hooker, Ralph J. Damiano, Thomas Salamon, Michael J. Mack

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2011 · 275 citations · 21 references

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Validation of Clinical Classification Schemes for Predicting Stroke

Brian F. Gage, Amy D. Waterman, William D. Shannon et al. · JAMA · 2001 · 4.8K citations

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Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage versus warfarin therapy for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomised non-inferiority trial

David R. Holmes, Vivek Y. Reddy, Zoltan G. Turi et al. · The Lancet · 2009 · 2.2K citations

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HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed and Approved by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Heart Rhythm Society.

Josép Brugada, Riccardo Cappato, S.-A. Chen et al. · EP Europace · 2007 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Success of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Anne Kanderian, A. Marc Gillinov, Gösta Pettersson et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2008 · 544 citations

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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS): Results of a randomized controlled pilot study of left atrial appendage occlusion during coronary bypass surgery in patients at risk for stroke

Jeff S. Healey, Eugene Crystal, André Lamy et al. · American Heart Journal · 2005 · 501 citations

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