Left atrial appendage occluder implantation for stroke prevention in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: acute and long-term results

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 Sep;14(9):590-592. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.09.006.

Authors

Karapet V Davtyan¹, Andrey A Kalemberg¹, Arpi H Topchyan¹, Georgiy Y Simonyan¹, Ekaterina V Bazaeva¹, Victoria S Shatahtsyan¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory for Interventional Arrhythmia Treatment of "National Medical Research Center for Preventive Medicine", Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Petroverigskiy lane, Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 29056959
PMCID: PMC5641648
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.09.006

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Keywords: Left atrial appendage closure; Oral anticoagulation therapy; Stroke prevention; The elderly.