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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation
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Catheter Ablation in Combination With Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Atrial Fibrillation

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Removal of a third-generation left atrial appendage occlusion device from the pararenal aorta using a novel

Chase Green1, Snehita Bonthu2, Timothy C Oskin2,3

  • 1University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, TX.

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
|October 13, 2025
PubMed

Left atrial appendage occluder devices (LAAODs) offer stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation who have bleeding complications or contraindications to oral anticoagulation. We present a case of successful endovascular removal of a third-generation LAAOD embolized to the pararenal aorta. The patient presented asymptomatically after unrelated imaging demonstrated the LAAOD near the lumbar spine. The LAAOD was removed using a laparoscopic biopsy grasper via a percutaneous right femoral approach, thus avoiding a more complicated open procedure.

Keywords:
AmuletAortic foreign bodyAtrial appendage occlusion deviceDryseal flex sheathLaparoscopic grasper

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