A Double-Snare Technique for Safe Retrieval of Embolized Left Atrial Appendage Occluders

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Mar 13;10(5):e55-e56. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.12.022. Epub 2017 Feb 15.

Authors

Mohamad Alkhouli¹, Sami Aljohani², Ryan Kucera², Naser Moiduddin², Robert Hull²

Affiliations

¹ West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia. Electronic address: Mohamad.Alkhouli@wvumedicine.org.
² West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia.

PMID: 28216217
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.12.022

No abstract available

Keywords: left atrial appendage occluder; snare; transcatheter retrieval.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Device Removal / methods*
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology
Foreign-Body Migration / therapy*
Humans
Male
Radiography, Interventional
Septal Occluder Device / adverse effects*
Treatment Outcome