Percutaneous Retrieval of a Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device

Achille Gaspardone, MD, MPhil; Maria Benedetta Giannico, MD, PhD; Roberto Cancellieri, MD; Laura Velardi, MD; Antonio Giuseppe Posteraro, MD; Alessandra Cinque, MD; Maria Iamele, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2021)

Percutaneous Retrieval of a Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device

Achille Gaspardone, MD, MPhil,
Maria Benedetta Giannico, MD, PhD,
Roberto Cancellieri, MD,
Laura Velardi, MD,
Antonio Giuseppe Posteraro, MD,
Alessandra Cinque, MD,
Maria Iamele, MD

Affiliations

Achille Gaspardone, MD, MPhil: Address for correspondence: Dr. Achille Gaspardone, U.O.C. di Cardiologia, Ospedale Sant’Eugenio, Piazzale dell’Umanesimo 10, 00144 Rome, Italy.; Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Maria Benedetta Giannico, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Roberto Cancellieri, MD: Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Laura Velardi, MD: Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Antonio Giuseppe Posteraro, MD: Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Alessandra Cinque, MD: Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy
Maria Iamele, MD: Division of Cardiology, Sant’Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 766 – 771

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Embolization of a device in patients undergoing percutaneous left atrial appendage closure is an uncommon complication. We present an illustrative case of successful percutaneous retrieval of an embolized LAmbre device (Lifetech Scientiﬁc, Shenzhen, China) that was achieved with a combination of a snaring technique and forceps grasping and by using a steerable guiding catheter. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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