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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:549-550
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Leave the left atrial appendage untouched for stroke prevention!

Claudia Stöllberger, MDa, Birke Schneider, MDb, Josef Finsterer, MDc

a Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Wien, Austria
b Klinik für Kardiologie, Lübeck, Germany
c Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Wien, Austria

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To the Editor:

We read the article by Kamohara and collesgues1Go regarding the short-term and midterm effects of left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion on left atrial (LA) function with great interest. An atrial exclusion device was applied by means of thoracotomy in 19 mongrel dogs in sinus rhythm, and hemodynamic, as well as echocardiographic, data were recorded immediately and after 7 and 90 days. The authors found that LAA exclusion might affect LA reservoir function. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Keiji Kamohara, Zoran B. Popovic, A. Marc Gillinov, and Kiyotaka Fukamachi
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2007 134: 550. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]





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