Left atrial appendage occlusion techniques for open heart surgery and for minimally invasive thoracotomy

Karel M Van Praet; Markus Kofler; Christian G Schneider; Matteo Montagner; Leonhard Wert; Serdar Akansel; Simon H Sündermann; Axel Unbehaun; Jörg Kempfert; Volkmar Falk; Christoph Starck

doi:10.21037/acs-2023-afm-0103

Left atrial appendage occlusion techniques for open heart surgery and for minimally invasive thoracotomy

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Jan 30;13(1):102-104. doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-afm-0103. Epub 2023 Oct 27.

Authors

Karel M Van Praet^{1

2}, Markus Kofler^{3

4

5}, Christian G Schneider^{3

4}, Matteo Montagner^{3

4}, Leonhard Wert^{3

4}, Serdar Akansel^{3

4

5}, Simon H Sündermann^{3

4

5}, Axel Unbehaun^{3

4

5}, Jörg Kempfert^{3

4

5}, Volkmar Falk^{3

4

5

6}, Christoph Starck^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, ASZ Hospital Aalst, Aalst, Belgium.
² Cardiac Surgery Department, Hartcentrum OLV Aalst, Aalst, Belgium.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC), Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ DZHK (German Center of Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Translational Cardiovascular Technologies, Institute of Translational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.

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