Left Atrial Appendage

Di Biase, Luigi; David Burkhardt, J.; Mohanty, Prasant; Sánchez, Javier; Mohanty, Sanghamitra; Horton, Rodney; Joseph Gallinghouse, G.; Bailey, Shane; Zagrodzky, Jason; Santangeli, Pasquale; Hao, Steven; Hongo, Richard; Beheiry, Salwa; Themistoclakis, Sakis; Bonso, Aldo; Rossillo, Antonio; Corrado, Andrea; Raviele, Antonio; Al‐Ahmad, Amin; J. Wang, Paul; E. Cummings, Jennifer; A. Schweikert, Robert; Pelargonio, Gemma; Dello Russo, Antonio; Casella, Michela; Santarelli, P; R. Lewis, William; Natale, Andrea

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.109.928903

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Left Atrial Appendage

Published in Circulation • Jul 7, 2010

Authors:

Luigi Di Biase

J. David Burkhardt

Prasant Mohanty

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Together with pulmonary veins, many extrapulmonary vein areas may be the source of initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. The left atrial appendage (LAA) is an underestimated site of initiation of atrial fibrillation. Here, we report the prevalence of triggers from the LAA an...

Subject

Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Pulmonary vein

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