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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:207-208
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Stroke prevention by means of epicardial occlusion of the left atrial appendage

Claudia Stöllberger, MD a , Birke Schneider, MD b , Josef Finsterer, MD c

a Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, 2. Medizinische Abteilung, Juchgasse 25, A-1030 Wien, Österreich, Germany
b Klinik für Kardiologie, Städtisches Krankenhaus Süd, Lübeck, Germany
c Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Wien, Österreich, Germany

(Email: claudia.stoellberger@chello.at).

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

With great interest we read the article by Kamohara and colleagues 1 Go about a novel device for left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion. The atrial exclusion device was applied by means of thoracotomy in 8 mongrel dogs and was evaluated between 7 and 90 days by using echocardiography, left atrial angiography, histologic inspection, and gross pathology.

The main criticism regarding the study is the low number of investigated subjects and the lack of a control group. No statistical conclusions can be drawn from such a small series.

The follow-up period . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Keiji Kamohara, Kiyotaka Fukamachi, and A. Marc Gillinov
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006 132: 208. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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