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Less Is More: Management of Left Atrial Appendage Perforation With Impending Cardiac Tamponade Following Watchman

Syeda Beenish Bareeqa1, Ahmad Nawa1, Arooge Towheed2

  • 1Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Salisbury, Maryland, USA.

Case Reports in Cardiology
|April 21, 2025
PubMed
Summary

A rare Watchman device complication during implantation, left atrial appendage perforation, was successfully managed. The device sealed the leak, avoiding surgery and leading to a good patient outcome.

Keywords:
atrial fibrillationcomplicationleft atrial appendage occlusionpericardial effusionstroke

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