Left Atrial Appendage After Electrical Isolation: To Occlude or Not To Occlude, That Is the Question

Affiliations

¹ From the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (L.D.B.); Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B.); Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (L.D.B.); Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (A.N.); Dell Medical School, Austin, TX (A.N.); and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (A.N.).
² From the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (L.D.B.); Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B.); Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (L.D.B.); Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (A.N.); Dell Medical School, Austin, TX (A.N.); and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (A.N.). dr.natale@gmail.com.

Editorial

Luigi Di Biase et al. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Jul.

. 2016 Jul;9(7):e004372.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004372.

¹ From the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (L.D.B.); Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B.); Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (L.D.B.); Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (A.N.); Dell Medical School, Austin, TX (A.N.); and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (A.N.).
² From the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (L.D.B.); Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B.); Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (L.D.B.); Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (A.N.); Dell Medical School, Austin, TX (A.N.); and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (A.N.). dr.natale@gmail.com.

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Keywords: Editorials; atrial appendage; atrial fibrillation; atrial septum; catheter ablation; recurrence; stroke.

Comment on

Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation and Concomitant Device Occlusion to Treat Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A First-in-Human Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy Study.
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