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Exclusion of the Left Atrial Appendage: A Safe, Reproducible and Effective Method

Volume 6 - Issue 4

Abuin Gustavo1* and Desiderio Adrián2

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    • 1Director of the Heart laboratory at the ICAAP, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • 2Director of the ICAAP, university of Buenos Aires (instituto de Ciencias anatómicas Aplicadas Florenzano), Argentina

    *Corresponding author: Gustavo Abuin Fray L Beltran, Director of the Heart laboratory at the ICAAP, University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, 207. 2° A. C.A.B.A-Argentina

Received: June 27, 2018;   Published: July 10, 2018

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001374

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Abstract

The exclusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA) in the setting of mitral valve surgery plays an important role in the prevention of strokes. We propose a method for the definitive closure of the LAA using an untreated autologous pericardial patch.

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