Incomplete left atrial appendage occlusion and thrombus formation after Watchman implantation treated with anticoagulation followed by further transcatheter closure with a second-generation Amplatzer Cardiac Plug (Amulet device)

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-327

  Lam, Simon Cheung Chi ^a   Bertog, Stefan ^a   Sievert, Horst ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fistula shunts; Left atrial appendage closure; Transseptal cath

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; WARFARIN;

AGED; AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHADS2 SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ENDOLEAK; EPISTAXIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84964297412     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25456     Document Type: Article

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