Semi-Automatic Planning of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in 3D TEE Images

Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion is used to reduce the risk of thromboembolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation by obstructing the LAA through a percutaneously delivered device. Nonetheless, correct device sizing is complex, requiring the manual estimation of different measurem...

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Main Author: Pedro Morais (author)
Other Authors: João L. Vilaça (author), Sandro Queirós (author), Pieter De Meester (author), Werner Budts (author), João Manuel R. S. Tavares (author), Jan D'hooge (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/119621
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/119621