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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Complicated by Appendage Perforation Rescued by Device Deployment

The Watchman device is a transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) occluding device used in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and a high CHADS2-VA2SC score who are poor long-term anticoagulation candidates. Pericardial effusion related to device deployment and perforation can be a...

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Autores principales: Sarcon, Anna, Roy, Dipayon, Laughrun, David, Huntsinger, Mary, Schwartz, Jacqueline, Sohn, Jina, Doshi, Rahul N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709618800108