Transesophageal echocardiography-guided closure of electrically isolated left atrial appendage to constrain a rapidly growing thrombus despite anticoagulation and sinus rhythm

Shaojie Chen; Boris Schmidt; Shota Tohoku; Luca Trolese; Stefano Bordignon; K R Julian Chun

doi:10.1111/jce.14284

Transesophageal echocardiography-guided closure of electrically isolated left atrial appendage to constrain a rapidly growing thrombus despite anticoagulation and sinus rhythm

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Jan;31(1):247-249. doi: 10.1111/jce.14284. Epub 2019 Nov 28.

Authors

Shaojie Chen¹, Boris Schmidt¹, Shota Tohoku¹, Luca Trolese¹, Stefano Bordignon¹, K R Julian Chun¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien (CCB), Frankfurt Academy for Arrhythmias (FAFA), Abteilung für Kardiologie, Medizinische Klinik III, Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

PMID: 31749201
DOI: 10.1111/jce.14284

No abstract available

Keywords: ablation; atrial fibrillation; left atrial appendage closure; left atrial appendage isolation; pulmonary vein isolation; stroke; thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Action Potentials
Aged, 80 and over
Anticoagulants / administration & dosage*
Anticoagulants / adverse effects
Atrial Appendage / physiopathology
Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Atrial Function, Left
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects*
Disease Progression
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Enoxaparin / administration & dosage*
Female
Heart Rate
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / drug therapy*
Thrombosis / etiology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticoagulants
Enoxaparin