title: Anatomic analysis of the left atrial appendage after closure with the LARIAT device.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology (K.B., B.K., J.S.) and Pathomorphology (W.S.), Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (R.L.M., R.J.L.); and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (R.J.L.).
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartus
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology (K.B., B.K., J.S.) and Pathomorphology (W.S.), Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (R.L.M., R.J.L.); and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (R.J.L.).
authors.forename: Remo L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology (K.B., B.K., J.S.) and Pathomorphology (W.S.), Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (R.L.M., R.J.L.); and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (R.J.L.).
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szczepanski
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology (K.B., B.K., J.S.) and Pathomorphology (W.S.), Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (R.L.M., R.J.L.); and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (R.J.L.).
authors.forename: Boguslaw
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kapelak
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology (K.B., B.K., J.S.) and Pathomorphology (W.S.), Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (R.L.M., R.J.L.); and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (R.J.L.).
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadowski
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology (K.B., B.K., J.S.) and Pathomorphology (W.S.), Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland; Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology, St Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (R.L.M., R.J.L.); and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (R.J.L.). lee@medicine.ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Randall J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: atrial appendage; atrial fibrillation; ligation