The left atrial appendage - a design flaw or an essential structure
| dc.contributor.author | Doubell, Anton | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-01T07:39:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-01T07:39:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Doubell, A. 2018. The left atrial appendage - a design flaw or an essential structure. SA Heart, 15(1):2-4, doi:10.24170/15-1-2904. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ | |
| dc.description.abstract | ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The left atrial appendage (LAA) is considered to be a vestigial remnant of the primitive foetal atrium. It has also been identified as the source of the majority of left atrial thrombi in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Not having a clearly defined and recognised function, and having the reputation of being the villain in thrombotic stroke in patients with non-valvular AF, has led to a number of rather aggressive interventions targeted at dealing with the scourge of AF. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ/article/view/2904 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 3 pages | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Doubell, A. 2018. The left atrial appendage - a design flaw or an essential structure. SA Heart, 15(1):2-4, doi:10.24170/15-1-2904 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2071-4602 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1996-6741 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.24170/15-1-2904 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106762 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | South African Heart Association | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Left atrioventricular valve | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Cerebrovascular disease | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Cardiomyopathy | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The left atrial appendage - a design flaw or an essential structure | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Editorial | en_ZA |