Close proximity between pulmonary artery and left atrial appendage leading to perforation of the artery, tamponade and death after appendage closure using cardiac plug device

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Hanazawa, Koji ^a   Brunelli, Michele ^a   Saenger, Joerg ^b   Große, Anett ^a   Raffa, Santi ^a   Lauer, Bernward ^c   Christoph Geller, J ^a  

^a Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Section   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Left atrial appendage occlusion; Pulmonary artery; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ARTERY PERFORATION; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATALITY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; MEDICAL ERROR; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; SURGERY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE;

EID: 84904250786     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.260     Document Type: Article

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