%0 journal article %@ 0167-5273 %A Park, J.-W., Sherif, M.A., Zintl, K., Lam, Y.-Y., Goedde, M., Scharnweber, T., Jung, F., Franke, R.P., Brachmann, J. %D 2014 %J International Journal of Cardiology %N 3 %P 957-963 %R doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.194 %T Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure with a novel self-modelizing device: A pre-clinical feasibility study %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.194 3 %X The Occlutech® LAA occluder achieved complete closure of the LAA in all pigs, and remained in the LAA, with benign healing and no evidence of new thrombus or damage to surrounding structures. Moreover, the uncompromised survival of all implanted pigs demonstrates the feasibility and safety of the device.