Successful WATCHMAN Device Placement Despite Left Atrial Appendage Perforation in Two Cases

The WATCHMAN (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, USA) is a device used to occlude the left atrial appendage (LAA) in patients of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) with a high CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc score who are poor candidates for oral anticoagulation. LAA perforation is a well-known complication of t...

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Autores principales: Prabhakar Bhat, Sangeeta, Patel, Neil R, Sethi, Nishant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7952276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33717758
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13251

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7952276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33717758
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13251

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