Left atrial appendage closure with Amplatzer cardiac plug in atrial fibrillation: initial European experience.

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Published in Catheter Cardiovasc Interv on March 08, 2011

Authors

Jai-Wun Park1, Armando Bethencourt, Horst Sievert, Gennaro Santoro, Bernhard Meier, Kevin Walsh, Jose Ramon Lopez-Minguez, Jose Ramon Lopez-Minquez, David Meerkin, Mariano Valdés, Oliver Ormerod, Boris Leithäuser

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik Harburg, Hamburg, Germany. j.park@asklepios.com

Associated clinical trials:

Post-approval Study of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure ( FLAAC-2 ) (FLAAC-2) | NCT03434015

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