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Percutaneous management of left atrial appendage perforation during device closure.
Journal article

Percutaneous management of left atrial appendage perforation during device closure.

  • 2013-05-16
Published in:
  • Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. - 2014
closure
left atrial appendage
left atrium
perforation
Atrial Appendage
Atrial Fibrillation
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Catheters
Equipment Design
Heart Injuries
Humans
Male
Pericardiocentesis
Radiography, Interventional
Septal Occluder Device
Treatment Outcome
English A 76-year-old male patient was admitted for percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure because of chronic atrial fibrillation and a history of gastrointestinal bleeding under oral anticoagulation. The procedure was complicated by perforation of the LAA with the lobe of the closure device being placed in the pericardial space. Keeping access to the pericardial space with the delivery sheath, the LAA closure device was replaced by an atrial septal defect closure device to seal the perforation. Then the initial LAA closure device was reimplanted in a correct position. Needle pericardiocentesis was required but the subsequent course was uneventful.
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  • English
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