Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients Not Responding to Pulmonary Vein Isolation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany (C.-H.K., A.R., D.G., T.F., S.M., R.R.T., B.R., C.L., T.M., F.S., O.I., Y.H., H.A., I.D., M.S., A.M., K.-H.K., F.O.).
² University Heart Center Luebeck, Medical Clinic II (Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine), Division of Elektrophysiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (C.-H.K., T.F., R.R.T.).
³ Asklepios Proresearch, Hamburg, Germany (P.W.).
⁴ Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China (F.O.).

Christian-Hendrik Heeger et al. Circulation. 2019.

. 2019 Jan 29;139(5):712-715.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.037451.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany (C.-H.K., A.R., D.G., T.F., S.M., R.R.T., B.R., C.L., T.M., F.S., O.I., Y.H., H.A., I.D., M.S., A.M., K.-H.K., F.O.).
² University Heart Center Luebeck, Medical Clinic II (Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine), Division of Elektrophysiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (C.-H.K., T.F., R.R.T.).
³ Asklepios Proresearch, Hamburg, Germany (P.W.).
⁴ Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, China (F.O.).

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial appendage; atrial fibrillation; catheter ablation; stroke; thrombosis.

Comment in

Letter by Romero et al Regarding Article, "Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients Not Responding to Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Benefit and Risks".
Romero J, Natale A, Di Biase L. Romero J, et al. Circulation. 2019 Jul 23;140(4):e167-e168. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040567. Epub 2019 Jul 22. Circulation. 2019. PMID: 31329484 No abstract available.
Response by Heeger et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Left Atrial Appendage Isolation in Patients Not Responding to Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Benefit and Risks".
Heeger CH, Rillig A, Geisler D, Wohlmuth P, Fink T, Mathew S, Tilz RR, Reissmann B, Lemes C, Maurer T, Santoro F, Inaba O, Sohns C, Huang Y, Alessandrini H, Dotz I, Schlüter M, Metzner A, Kuck KH, Ouyang F. Heeger CH, et al. Circulation. 2019 Jul 23;140(4):e169-e170. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040943. Epub 2019 Jul 22. Circulation. 2019. PMID: 31329488 No abstract available.