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Appendage obliteration to reduce stroke in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1996 · Vol. 61(2) · pp. 755–759

Joseph L. Blackshear✉(Mayo Clinic)John A. Odell(Mayo Clinic)

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiac tumors and thrombiAtrial fibrillationMedicineCardiologyInternal medicineThrombusStroke (engine)Atrial AppendageAppendageP waveHeart disease

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ContraindicationsAgedAtrial FibrillationCerebrovascular DisordersHeart AtriaHeart DiseasesHumansMitral Valve StenosisPostoperative ComplicationsThrombosisWarfarin

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