Embolization of a left atrial appendage closure device unmasked by intermittent left bundle branch block

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Sep;7(9):e115-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.01.177.

Authors

Ana J Pérez Matos¹, Martin J Swaans², Benno J W M Rensing², Robin H Heijmen², E Gijs Mast², Lucas V A Boersma², Martijn C Post²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. Electronic address: aj.perez.matos@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.

PMID: 25234686
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2014.01.177

No abstract available

Keywords: dislocation of a Watchman device; left atrial appendage closure.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Appendage / physiopathology*
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Bundle-Branch Block / diagnosis
Bundle-Branch Block / etiology*
Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
Bundle-Branch Block / therapy
Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Device Removal
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Embolism / diagnosis
Embolism / etiology*
Embolism / physiopathology
Embolism / therapy
Equipment Design
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Foreign-Body Migration / physiopathology
Foreign-Body Migration / therapy
Humans
Male
Treatment Outcome