Successful New Generation LAA Closure Device Implantation After Prior Incomplete Surgical LAA Ligation

Overview

Journal JACC Case Rep

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2021 Sep 24

PMID 34557684

Authors

Hemal Bhatt

Lucy M Safi

Vladimir Jelnin

Tilak K R Pasala

Grant R Simons

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Abstract

We present a case of percutaneous closure of a prior incomplete surgical left atrial appendage (LAA) ligation after a failed closure attempt using the first-generation Watchman device. The new generation Watchman FLX device (Boston Scientific) was implanted in this technically and anatomically challenging LAA patient using multimodality fusion imaging. ().

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