Novel Transhepatic Percutaneous Approach for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Using a Watchman Device

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Jun 10;12(11):e93-e94. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.032. Epub 2019 May 15.

Authors

Henry D Huang¹, Joshua J Murphy¹, Abhishek Sharma¹, Clifford J Kavinsky¹, Marie-France Poulin²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31103541
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.032

No abstract available

Keywords: Watchman device; left atrial appendage closure; percutaneous transhepatic access.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Atrial Function, Left
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Catheterization, Peripheral*
Female
Hepatic Veins* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Design
Punctures
Treatment Outcome