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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |