Uncommon delayed and late complications after percutaneous left atrial appendage closure with Amplatzer® Cardiac Plug

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 285-290

  Schroeter, Marco R ^a   Danner, Bernhard C ^a   Hünlich, Mark ^a   Schillinger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Complication; Left atrial appendage; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIAC PLUG; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; STROKE; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897021708     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-013-0648-0     Document Type: Article

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