Response by Rillig et al to Letter Regarding Article, "An Unexpectedly High Incidence of Stroke and Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus Formation After Electrical Isolation of the Left Atrial Appendage for the Treatment of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias"
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
.
2016 Sep;9(9):e004556.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004556.
Authors
Andreas Rillig
1
,
Roland R Tilz
1
,
Tina Lin
1
,
Thomas Fink
1
,
Christian-H Heeger
1
,
Anita Arya
1
,
Andreas Metzner
1
,
Shibu Mathew
1
,
Erik Wissner
1
,
Hisaki Makimoto
1
,
Peter Wohlmuth
2
,
Karl-Heinz Kuck
1
,
Feifan Ouyang
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St Georg.
2
Asklepios Proresearch, Hamburg, Germany.
PMID:
27635076
DOI:
10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004556
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Atrial Appendage*
Atrial Fibrillation*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Incidence
Stroke
Tachycardia
Thrombosis