title: Thoracoscopic Atriclip Closure of Left Atrial Appendage After Failed Ligation via LARIAT.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address: sam.aznaurov@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Sam G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Aznaurov
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Stephen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.affiliation: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Atriclip; LARIAT; atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; subxiphoid; suture ligation