Risk of stroke and thrombus formation from delay incontinence of a PLAATO-device in Friedreich ataxia
| Autor: | Franz Weidinger, Marion Avanzini, Claudia Stöllberger, Günther Mölzer, Josef Finsterer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiac Catheterization Ataxia Time Factors Hemodynamics Case Reports Prosthesis Design Fibrinolytic Agents Left atrial Internal medicine Occlusion Atrial Fibrillation medicine Humans In patient Atrial Appendage cardiovascular diseases Thrombus Aged business.industry Thrombosis General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Echocardiography Doppler Color Stroke Friedreich Ataxia Cardiology cardiovascular system Equipment Failure Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal |
| Zdroj: | Clinical cardiology. 32(6) |
| ISSN: | 1932-8737 |
| Popis: | We present the case of a 76-year-old female with suspected Friedreich ataxia, in whom leakage and thrombosis of a percutaneously implanted left atrial appendage occluder (PLAATO) was observed 2 years after implantation. Because of late developing leakages and thrombi, regular transesophageal echocardiographic examinations should be carried out in patients with occluded left atrial appendagaes. In view of these complications and the potential important hemodynamic role of the left atrial appendage, the benefit of its occlusion is questionable, and the indications of PLAATO should be strongly reconsidered. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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