title: Role of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the percutaneous epicardial closure of the left atrial appendage.
abstract: We are reporting the use of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography as a supplement to two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the percutaneous suture closure of the left atrial appendage.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Sula
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazimba
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neal Kay
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Pohoey
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schlotter
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venkataraman
authors.forename: Bhavin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dumaswala
authors.forename: Komal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dumaswala
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*