Imaging risk features for device related pulmonary artery injury after left atrial appendage closure with Amplatzer™ Amulet™ device

Autor: Ole De Backer, Cezary Kępka, Zofia Dzielińska, Lars Søndergaard, Marcin Demkow, Marek Konka, Mariusz Kruk, Mariusz Debski, Piotr Trochimiuk, Radosław Pracoń
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98
ISSN: 1522-726X
1522-1946
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29393
Popis: OBJECTIVES This study aimed to find imaging risk features for device related-pulmonary artery (PA) injury (DR-PAI) in patients after left atrial appendage closure (LAAC). BACKGROUND Cardiac tamponade resulting from DR-PAI is a rare but life-threatening complication of LAAC. METHODS In vitro analysis of Amplatzer™ Amulet™ (Abbott, MN) device was done. Measurements of the distance between PA and Amplatzer lobe at its middle part, distal part, and along the stabilizing wires' trajectory (wires-to-PA distance) were taken in 100 consecutive patients on post-LAAC computed tomography (CT) studies. Clinical outcomes were collected. RESULTS In vitro analysis indicated that both middle and distal lobe had to be in close PA proximity (
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