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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: February 26, 2013
Transcatheter occlusion of left atrial appendage with persistent thrombus using a trans-radial embolic protection
Valeria Cammalleri1, Gian Paolo Ussia, Saverio Muscoli
1Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
: The image describes a case of left atrial appendage occlusion in a patient with atrial fibrillation, previous haemorrhagic stroke, and left atrial appendage thrombosis. A cerebral vascular filter was used during the device implantation. The use of cerebral embolic protection device can increase the safety of left atrial appendage occlusion, in selected high-risk patients.
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