1% Aspiration, 99% Perspiration

Pankaj Jain, MBBS; Neil Jacobs, MBBS; David W.M. Muller, MBBS, MD; Brendan Gunalingam, MBBS

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

1% Aspiration, 99% Perspiration

Pankaj Jain, MBBS,
Neil Jacobs, MBBS,
David W.M. Muller, MBBS, MD,
Brendan Gunalingam, MBBS

Affiliations

Pankaj Jain, MBBS: Address for correspondence: Dr. Pankaj Jain, Cardiology Department, Level 4, Xavier Building, St. Vincent’s Hospital, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia 2010.; Cardiology Department, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Neil Jacobs, MBBS: Cardiology Department, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
David W.M. Muller, MBBS, MD: Cardiology Department, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Brendan Gunalingam, MBBS: Cardiology Department, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 6
pp. 866 – 869

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A 71-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation underwent insertion of a left atrial appendage occlusion device. Before release, a large thrombus was noted within the left atrium, attached to the left atrial appendage occluder delivery system. With continuous negative pressure, the device was deployed and thrombus successfully aspirated with no clinical sequelae. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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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