Left Atrial Extra-Appendicular Trabeculations During Appendage Closure: A Word of Caution

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Dec;15(12):e014345. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014345. Epub 2022 Sep 19.

Authors

Zach Rozenbaum^{1

2

3}, Ali R Keramati¹, Sandra Abramson¹, Harish Jarrett¹, Eric Gnall¹, William A Gray¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA (Z.R., A.R.K., S.A., H.J., E.G., W.A.G.).
² Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (Z.R.).
³ Department of Cardiology, Tulane University Heart & Vascular Institute, New Orleans, LA (Z.R.).

PMID: 36120858
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014345

No abstract available

Keywords: appendage closure; atrial appendage; contraindications; extra-appendicular trabeculations; pectinates.

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants
Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Atrial Fibrillation*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / surgery
Humans
Stroke*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticoagulants