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Published on: February 26, 2013
Closure of Left Atrial Appendage With Persistent Distal Thrombus Using an Amplatzer Amulet Occluder
Mathias Lange1, Helmut Bültel, Heinrich Weglage
1Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Osnabrück - Bad Rothenfelde, Niels-Stensen-Kliniken, Marienhospital Osnabrück, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany. mathias.lange@ mho.de.
Abstract:
A 73-year-old patient with permanent atrial fibrillation presented for left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion. Transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated a thrombus in the distal LAA. This image series illustrates a "no touch" technique that was used to ensure successful implantation of an Amplatzer Amulet LAA occlusion device without the use of an embolization protection system.
