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1 Managing the Left Atrial Appendage in Atrial Fibrillation: Current State of the Art 
Waqaar Khawar, MD, Nathan Smith, MD, Saqib Masroor, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 104, Issue 6, Pages (December 2017) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) Watchman device (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA). (B) Illustration of Watchman device implanted in the left atrial appendage. (Images courtesy of Boston Scientific.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 (A) Lariat guidewires (SentreHeart, Redwood City, CA) coupled to control left atrial appendage. (B) Left atrial appendage closed by suture using Lariat. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 (A) Ports for left video-assisted thoracoscopic exclusion of the left atrial appendage. (B) Preoperative echocardiogram shows the left atrial appendage (red arrow) before the AtriClip (AtriCure, Inc, Mason, OH) operation. (C) Postoperative echocardiogram shows no residual pouch. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

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