Is Antiplatelet Therapy After WATCHMAN Implantation Adequate?

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Jacqueline Saw. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019.

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. 2019 Jun 10;12(11):1064-1066.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.041.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. Electronic address: jsaw@mail.ubc.ca.

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Keywords: antiplatelet therapy; device-related thrombosis; left atrial appendage closure; oral anticoagulation.

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Propensity-Matched Comparison of Oral Anticoagulation Versus Antiplatelet Therapy After Left Atrial Appendage Closure With WATCHMAN.
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