Death from pulmonary artery erosion complicating implantation of percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion device

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1810-1811

  Sepahpour, Ali ^a   Ng, Martin K C ^a,b   Storey, Philip ^c   McGuire, Mark A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Queensland Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial appendage; Hemorrhage, Cardiac tamponade; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY EROSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; SHOCK; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; HEMORRHAGE, CARDIAC TAMPONADE; LAA; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; PULMONARY ARTERY; TEE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84889877935     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.046     Document Type: Article

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