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The WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 28, 2012
Minimal invasive endoscopic resection of a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm
Bob Kiaii1, Nicolas Doll, Michael Kuehl
1Clinic for Heart Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 6, 2004
Abstract:
We report a case of a 35-year-old male patient who presented with chronic atrial fibrillation secondary to a massive congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm. Minimal invasive endoscopic resection of the left atrial aneurysm with cryoablation was performed. The patient was discharged home in sinus rhythm.

