%0 Journal Article %T Left atrial appendage closure: prevalence and risk of deviceassociated thrombus formation %A Bertog, Stefan %A Sievert, Horst %J Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy %D 2018 %B 2018 %9 %! Left atrial appendage closure: prevalence and risk of deviceassociated thrombus formation %K %X There remains no doubt that atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased stroke risk (1). It is also clear that the vast majority of thrombi in patients with non-valvar AF are located in the left atrial appendage (LAA) (2). %U https://cdt.amegroups.org/article/view/22119 %V 9 %N 1 %P 104-109 %@ 2223-3660