Left Atrial Appendage Closure in a Patient With a Patent Foramen Ovale Septal Occluder Device

Omar Kousa, MD; Toufik Mahfood-Haddad, MD; Shantanu M. Patil, MD; Himanshu Agarwal, MD; Hussam Abuissa, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Left Atrial Appendage Closure in a Patient With a Patent Foramen Ovale Septal Occluder Device

Omar Kousa, MD,
Toufik Mahfood-Haddad, MD,
Shantanu M. Patil, MD,
Himanshu Agarwal, MD,
Hussam Abuissa, MD

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Omar Kousa, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Omar Kousa, Department of Medicine, Creighton University, 7710 Mercy Road, Suite 202, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, USA.; Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Toufik Mahfood-Haddad, MD: Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Shantanu M. Patil, MD: Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Himanshu Agarwal, MD: Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Hussam Abuissa, MD: Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 508 – 511

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Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) has evolved as a safe alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy for stroke prophylaxis. However, the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) occluder device is considered a relative contraindication. Here we report a successful case of LAAC in the presence of a PFO occluder device. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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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