 Atrial Appendage
"Atrial Appendage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Ear-shaped appendage of either atrium of the heart. (Dorland, 28th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D020517
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.358.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Atrial Appendage- Atrial Appendage
- Appendage, Atrial
- Appendages, Atrial
- Atrial Appendages
- Heart Atrium Appendage
- Appendage, Heart Atrium
- Appendages, Heart Atrium
- Atrium Appendage, Heart
- Heart Atrium Appendages
- Atrium Appendage
- Appendage, Atrium
- Appendages, Atrium
- Atrium Appendages
- Auricular Appendage
- Appendage, Auricular
- Appendages, Auricular
- Auricular Appendages
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atrial Appendage" by people in Profiles.
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Rager JB, Huang CY, Zimmerman S, Dhruva SS, Freeman JV, Matlock DD, Minges K, Sandhu A, Spatz ES, Varosy P, Caverly TJ. Shared Decision-Making and Patient Decision Aids for Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Feb 02; 9(2):e2556937.
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Ellenbogen KA, Khoynezhad A, La Meir M, de Asmundis C, Koneru JN, Johnkoski J, Rist K, Mumtaz M, Link MG, de Groot JR, Driessen AHG, Lee MY, Hoff SJ, Bello D, Dunnington G, Eisenberg S, Vloka M, Taylor BJ, Jones SD, Philpott JM, Beaver TM, Miles WM, Khan JH, Kang S, Gandhi GD, Okum EJ, Badhwar N, Baykaner T, Lee AM, Vesco PA, Smith JM, Gaynor S, Frazier K, Lee RJ, Kasirajan V. Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2025 Oct; 18(10):e013692.
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Zenger B, Kolomaya AE, Ranjan R, Bunch TJ, Steinberg BA. Geographic and clinical patterns of left atrial appendage occlusion utilization across the United States. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2025 Dec; 68(9):1875-1881.
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Sandhu A, Matlock DD, Varosy PD. Mandating chaperones for decision making in left atrial appendage occlusion is bad for patients, for physicians, and for the promotion of real shared decision making: It's time to end the Centers For Medicare Medicaid Services chaperone mandate. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2024 Oct; 35(10):2062-2063.
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Noona SWW, Young SD, Weber MP, El Moheb M, Norman AV, Wisniewski AM, Strobel RJ, Quader M, Mazzeffi MA, Yarboro LT, Beller JP, Teman NR. Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation during coronary artery bypass grafting: A propensity score-matched analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 07; 170(1):207-215.
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Sundaram S, Alyesh D, Walker L, Zipse MM. The 1st implantation of an atrial only leadless pacemaker in right atrial appendage. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2023 12; 66(9):1955-1958.
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Sandhu A, Varosy PD, Du C, Aleong RG, Tumolo AZ, West JJ, Tzou WS, Curtis JP, Freeman JV, Friedman DJ, Hess PL. Device-Sizing and Associated Complications With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Findings From the NCDR LAAO Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 12; 15(12):e012183.
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Friedman DJ, Pierre D, Wang Y, Gambone L, Koutras C, Segawa C, Farb A, Vemulapalli S, Varosy PD, Masoudi FA, Lansky A, Curtis JP, Freeman JV. Development and validation of an automated algorithm for end point adjudication for a large U.S. national registry. Am Heart J. 2022 Dec; 254:102-111.
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Chew DS, Zhou K, Pokorney SD, Matchar DB, Vemulapalli S, Allen LA, Jackson KP, Samad Z, Patel MR, Freeman JV, Piccini JP. Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Versus Oral Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation : A Decision Analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2022 09; 175(9):1230-1239.
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Daimee UA, Wang Y, Masoudi FA, Varosy PD, Friedman DJ, Du C, Koutras C, Reddy VY, Saw J, Price MJ, Kusumoto FM, Curtis JP, Freeman JV. Indications for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in the United States and Associated In-Hospital Outcomes: Results From the NCDR LAAO Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 08; 15(8):e008418.
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