title: SCAI/ACC/HRS institutional and operator requirements for left atrial appendage occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine; Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: Clifford_J_Kavinsky@rush.edu.
authors.forename: Clifford J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kavinsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
authors.forename: Fred M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
authors.forename: Anthony A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bavry
authors.affiliation: Chair, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas.
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ellenbogen
authors.affiliation: VA Eastern Colorado Health System, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Paul L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont.
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lustgarten
authors.affiliation: First Coast Cardiovascular Institute, Jacksonville, Florida; Cardiac and Vascular Physicians of Dallas, Richardson, Texas.
authors.forename: Issam D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spies
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D032921:Consensus; D018795:Device Approval / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Stroke; Structural heart disease