Role of the left atrial appendage "stump" in persistent atrial fibrillation

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2017 Nov 16;4(2):45-49. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2017.08.008. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Authors

Jorge Romero¹, David F Briceño¹, Michael Grushko¹, Ilir Maraj¹, Vito Grupposo², Luigi Di Biase^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Biosense Webster, Inc, Diamond Bar, California.
³ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; LAA stump; Left atrial appendage; Left atrial appendage ligation.

Publication types

Case Reports