Left Atrial Appendage Closure Guided by Integrated Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy Imaging Reduces Radiation Exposure

• Christiane Jungen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christiane Jungen, Tobias Zeus

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology—Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Tobias Zeus ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christiane Jungen, Tobias Zeus

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Jan Balzer,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Christian Eickholt,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology—Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Margot Petersen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Eva Kehmeier,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Verena Veulemans,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Malte Kelm,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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• Stephan Willems,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology—Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany

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• Christian Meyer

  * E-mail: chr.meyer@uke.de

  Affiliations Department of Cardiology—Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

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