Serious complications from dislocation of a watchman left atrial appendage occluder

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 880-881

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a,c   Schneider, Birke ^b   Finsterer, Josef ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Sana Kliniken GmbH and Co KGaA   (Germany)

^c Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac surgery; Embolism; Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARVEDILOL; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOPROSTHESIS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTATION; LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WATCHMAN DEVICE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 34250689196     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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