Twine and Twine or Lose the Plug- Dislodged Left Atrial
Appendage Closure Device
Volume 1 - Issue 5
Atul Mathur1 and Ranjan Modi2*
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- 1Senior Consultant, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, India
- 2Associate Consultant, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, India
*Corresponding author:
Ranjan Modi, Associate Consultant, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, India
Received: February 22, 2019; Published: March 08, 2019
DOI: 10.32474/ACR.2018.01.000124
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Abstract
Embolization is a known complication of LAA closure. It may be caused by insufficient anchoring of the device to the appendage
or to the delivery system. We present a case of embolization of amplatz cardiac plug.
Keywords: Amplatzer cardiac plug; Left atrial appendage occlusion; Device embolization
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