Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is essential for left atrial appendage closure

J Card Surg. 2021 Jan;36(1):412-413. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15189. Epub 2020 Nov 10.

Authors

Ezgi G Güner¹, Büşra Çörekçioğlu¹, Ahmet E Ulutaş¹, Macit Kalçık², Ahmet Güner¹, Mehmet Ertürk¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey.

PMID: 33169402
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15189

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage exclusion; thromboembolism; transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans