title: To "isolate" or "not to isolate," the left atrial appendage, "that is the question".
authors.affiliation: Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Silver Zone, Bronx, NY, 10467-2400, USA. dibbia@gmail.com.|Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA. dibbia@gmail.com.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. dibbia@gmail.com.|Department of Cardiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. dibbia@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Biase
authors.affiliation: Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.|Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA, USA.|Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA.|California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natale
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome