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Transcatheter Extraction of a Migrated Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Device
Gordon Wong1, Edris Aman1, Bob Kiaii1
1University of California, Davis Health System, Sacramento, California, USA.
JACC. Case Reports
|August 19, 2024
Abstract:
A 69-year-old man presented at 10 weeks postimplantation with a 31-mm Watchman FLX migrating into the left atrium. Due to incomplete left atrial appendage seal and embolization risk, transcatheter device extraction was performed without complications. Herein we describe the technique and procedural steps, using cardiac computed tomography and benchtop models to guide practice.

