Fatal Cardioembolic Syndrome Due to Late Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Jun 10;12(11):e91-e92. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.016. Epub 2019 May 15.

Authors

Baravan Al-Kassou¹, Sebastian Zimmer¹, Aylin Yürüktümen¹, Dominik Nelles¹, Georg Nickenig¹, Alexander Sedaghat²

Affiliations

¹ Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
² Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31103544
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.016

No abstract available

Keywords: LAAO; atrial fibrillation; device-related; left atrial appendage; stroke.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology*
Aged
Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Atrial Function, Left
Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Occlusion / etiology*
Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Embolism / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Prosthesis Design
Recurrence
Stroke / diagnostic imaging
Stroke / etiology*
Treatment Outcome