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Atrial septal defect repair by inversion of a juxtaposed left atrial appendage

, 2011
A 7-year-old child was noted to have dextrojuxtaposition of the left atrial appendage at the time of surgical atrial septal defect repair. Given the favourable anatomic location and size of the atrial appendage, it was inverted and used to close the ...
Nicholas D. Andersen, Andrew J. Lodge, Jay D. Pal   +2 more
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Device-Assisted Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion: From Basic Sciences to Clinical Applications

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Device-assisted left atrial appendage exclusion plays a crucial role in the prevention of fatal ischemic complications in patients with atrial fibrillation and contraindications to anticoagulation treatment. Various devices with different safety profiles
Julia Izabela Karpierz, Michał Piotrowski, Krzysztof Bartuś, Radosław Chmiel, Katarzyna Wijatkowska, Artur Słomka   +5 more
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Left atrial appendage closure with amplatzer cardiac plug in atrial fibrillation: initial European experience

, 2011
In most patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke, there is thrombotic embolization from the left atrial appendage (LAA). Percutaneous closure of the LAA is a novel alternative for the treatment of patients with AF at a high risk of stroke, in ...
Armando Bethencourt, Sievert, Horst, Gennaro Santoro, Valdés, Mariano, Mariano Valdés, Lopez-Minquez, Jose Ramon, Meerkin, David, Ormerod, Oliver, Boris Leithäuser, Leithäuser, Boris, Bernhard Meier, Jose Ramon Lopez-Minquez, Walsh, Kevin, Bethencourt, Armando, Jai-Wun Park, Park, Jai-Wun, Kevin Walsh, David Meerkin, Santoro, Gennaro, Horst Sievert, Meier, Bernhard, Oliver Ormerod   +21 more
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PLAATO (Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion) for prevention of cardioembolic stroke in non-anticoagulation eligible atrial fibrillation patients: results from the European PLAATO study

, 2010
The European PLAATO (Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion) study was performed to determine the safety and efficacy of left atrial appendage occlusion by catheter technique.
Sievert, Horst, Thuesen, Leif, Thuesen, L, Omran, H, Leetz, M, Ostermayer, Stefan H, Bayard, YL, Probst, P, Marco, J, Fischer, Evelyn, Vahanian, A, Rowland, E, Bartorelli, A, Bartorelli, Antonio, Neuzil, P, Fischer, EAJ, Budts, W, Budts, Werner, Vahanian, Alec, Sievert, H, Montalescot, Gilles, Kuck, KH, Piechaud, JF, Marco, Jean, Büscheck, Franziska, Leetz, Michaela, Montalescot, G, Neuzil, Petr, Rowland, Edward, Bayard, Yves-Laurent, Brugada, P, Ruzyllo, W, Ostermayer, SH, Ramondo, Angelo, Pichler, M, Omran, Heyder, Pichler, Maximilian, Ramondo, A, Buscheck, F, Kuck, Karl-Heinz, Serruys, PWJC (Patrick), Ruzyllo, Witold, Brugada, Pedro, Piéchaud, Jean-François, Probst, Peter, Serruys, Patrick W   +45 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Guided Only by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2019
Aims. To investigate a new method of left atrial appendage occlusion without fluoroscopy. Methods and Results. We performed left atrial appendage occlusion for 14 patients with atrial fibrillation in our hospital. All of the surgeries were completed in a
Jinlong Zhao, Feng Li, Yueli Zhang, Zhongyun Zhuang, Man Wang, Liang Fu, Yinkai Ni, Zhexin Lu, Zonghui Chen, Cheng Zhang   +9 more
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1% Aspiration, 99% Perspiration

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
A 71-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation underwent insertion of a left atrial appendage occlusion device. Before release, a large thrombus was noted within the left atrium, attached to the left atrial appendage occluder delivery system.
Pankaj Jain, MBBS, Neil Jacobs, MBBS, David W.M. Muller, MBBS, MD, Brendan Gunalingam, MBBS   +3 more
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Percutaneous management of left atrial appendage perforation during device closure. [PDF]

, 2014
A 76-year-old male patient was admitted for percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure because of chronic atrial fibrillation and a history of gastrointestinal bleeding under oral anticoagulation. The procedure was complicated by perforation of the
Bernhard Meier, Costantino R. Costantini, Costantini, Costantino R, Sergio G. Tarbine, Meier, Bernhard, Tarbine, Sergio G, Meier B, Costantini CR, Tarbine SG   +8 more
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Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy due to ectopic atrial tachycardia originating from the atrial appendage: A case series and review of literature

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
This case series describes four cases of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy due to incessant ectopic atrial tachycardias from the atrial appendage (three from the right atrial appendage, one from the left).
Abhinav Aggarwal, Anil Yadav, Ankit Jain, Anunay Gupta   +3 more
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Left atrial appendage closure devices for cardiovascular risk reduction in atrial fibrillation patients

, 2015
Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez,* Juan Carlos Rama-Merchan,* Javier Rodriguez-Collado, Javier Martin-Moreiras, Alejandro Diego-Nieto, Antonio Arribas-Jimenez, Pedro Luís SanchezDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Cardiology and IBSAL, Salamanca,
Rama-Merchan JC, Rodriguez-Collado J, Sanchez PL, Diego-Nieto A, Martin-Moreiras J, Cruz-Gonzalez I, Arribas-Jimenez A   +6 more
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Transesophageal echocardiography measurement of left atrial appendage size.

, 2022
Left atrial appendage ostial diameter and depth were measured at 0°, 45°, 90°, and 135°.
Yoichi Takaya (14197311), Fumi Yokohama (14197317), Masakazu Miyamoto (5894213), Rie Nakayama (14197314), Norihisa Toh (14197320), Koji Nakagawa (424076), Hiroshi Ito (297745)   +6 more
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