Initial Experience with Standalone Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Using AtriClip Pro2: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study in Latvia.

Diāna Kalniņa, Kaspars Kupics, Renāta Rimdjonoka, Inga Urtāne, Daniels Siļčonoks, Andrejs Ērglis, Pēteris Stradiņš

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Observational study in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Diāna KalniņaPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0009-0001-0672-5518

Kaspars KupicsPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-7181-7761

Renāta RimdjonokaPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.

Inga UrtāneDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-7711-5573

Daniels SiļčonoksFaculty of Medicine, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0009-0000-6709-875X

Andrejs ĒrglisPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.

Pēteris StradiņšPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-7419-6136

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Atrial AppendageAtrial FibrillationLeft Atrial Appendage ClosureThoracoscopyAgedCohort StudiesEchocardiography, TransesophagealFemaleHumansLatviaMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesStrokeTreatment Outcomeatrial fibrillationAtriClipminimally invasive cardiac surgeryoral anticoagulation contraindicationsstroke preventionthoracoscopic LAA occlusion

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PMID42796392

DOI10.3390/medicina62091786

PMCPMC13608897

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