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Omar Kousa1, Toufik Mahfood-Haddad1, Shantanu M Patil1
1Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
JACC. Case Reports
|July 28, 2021
Abstract:
Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has evolved as a safe alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy for stroke prophylaxis. However, the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) occluder device is considered a relative contraindication. Here we report a successful case of LAAC in the presence of a PFO occluder device. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

