title: Left Atrial Appendage After Electrical Isolation: To Occlude or Not To Occlude, That Is the Question.
authors.affiliation: From the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (L.D.B.); Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B.); Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (L.D.B.); Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (A.N.); Dell Medical School, Austin, TX (A.N.); and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (A.N.).
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Biase
authors.affiliation: From the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (L.D.B.); Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin (L.D.B., A.N.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin (L.D.B.); Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Italy (L.D.B.); Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (A.N.); Section of Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA (A.N.); Dell Medical School, Austin, TX (A.N.); and California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco (A.N.). dr.natale@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natale
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Editorials; atrial appendage; atrial fibrillation; atrial septum; catheter ablation; recurrence; stroke