Computed tomography detection and quantification of left atrial appendage residual patency as collateral finding after percutaneous closure

Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jun 1:260:42-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.108. Epub 2018 Mar 3.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department, University of Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II of Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
⁴ McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Cardiology, Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Computed tomography; Diagnostic performance; LAA patency; Left atrial appendage closure; Transesophageal echocardiography.

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