EMBOLIZATION OF PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE: RESCUE SURGERY.

Autor: Silva M; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal., Banazol N; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal., Fiarresga A; Department of Cardiology, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal., Fragata J; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Portuguese journal of cardiac thoracic and vascular surgery [Port J Card Thorac Vasc Surg] 2021 Apr 08; Vol. 28 (1), pp. 69-70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 08.
Abstrakt: 59-year-old women with permanent atrial fibrillation and previous haemorrhagic stroke was admitted for percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion. Shortly after, AmplatzerTM device migration into the left ventricular outflow tract was confirmed. Unsuccessful transcatheter mobilization led to an emergent surgery for device retrieval and LAA closure. No events at 6-month follow-up.
Databáze: MEDLINE