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ReviewBrazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery

The Left Atrial Appendage Revised.

Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora, Antonio Carlos Menardi, Andrea Carla Celotto, Agnes Afrodite S Albuquerque, Hannah Miranda Araujo Chagas, Alfredo José Rodrigues

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Review in Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. The Effect of Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Excision on Cardiac Dynamic and Endocrine Function.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paulo Roberto Barbosa EvoraDivision of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy of the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil.
Antonio Carlos MenardiDivision of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy of the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil.
Andrea Carla CelottoDivision of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy of the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil.
Agnes Afrodite S AlbuquerqueDivision of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy of the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil.
Hannah Miranda Araujo ChagasDivision of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy of the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil.
Alfredo José RodriguesDivision of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy of the Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP), SP, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is associated with a 4- to 5-fold strokes increase and may be responsible for 15% to 20% of all strokes in the elderly. In this scenario, the left atrial appendage thrombus would be the associated with 90% of cases. The use of anticoagulants, percutaneous devices, and the left atrial appendage surgical exclusion is still an open discussion. For left atrial appendage procedures, relevant anatomic spatial relationships have to be emphasized, besides the chance of the normal physiological functioning would be eliminated with the proceedings. There are evidences that the left atrial appendage closure during routine cardiac surgery is significantly associated with an increased risk of early postoperative atrial fibrillation. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to focus basic aspects for continuous medical education. In summary, the rationale of this text is to emphasize anatomical and pharmacological aspects involved in the simple surgical exclusion of left atrial appendage under cardiopulmonary bypass. There are several operative techniques, but to conclude this revision it will present one of them based on the discussed basic sciences.

Indexed as

AnticoagulantsAtrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationCardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiopulmonary BypassEducation, Medical, ContinuingEvidence-Based MedicineHumansRisk FactorsStrokeTreatment OutcomeAnticoagulants

Identifiers

PMID29267615
PMCPMC5731321

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