When Smoke Does Not Always Mean There Is Fire: Using Isoproterenol for Better Visualization of the Left Atrial Appendage Prior to Transcatheter Closure

JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Jan;5(1):136-137. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.09.018.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Scripps Research Translational Institute, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California.
² Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California.
³ Section of Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California.
⁴ Scripps Research Translational Institute, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California; Section of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California.
⁵ Section of Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: Gibson.DouglasMD@scrippshealth.org.

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage; left atrial appendage closure; spontaneous echo contrast; transesophageal echocardiogram.

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