Cardioform Septal Occluder in the Management of Cardiac Tamponade as a Complication of LAA Closure

Nabil Braiteh, MD; Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, MD; Alon Yarkoni, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Cardioform Septal Occluder in the Management of Cardiac Tamponade as a Complication of LAA Closure

Nabil Braiteh, MD,
Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, MD,
Alon Yarkoni, MD

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Nabil Braiteh, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Nabil Braiteh, Department of Cardiology, Wilson Medical Center, United Health Services Hospitals, 30 Harrison Street, Johnson City, New York 13790.; Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, United Health Services Hospitals, Johnson City, New York
Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, MD: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, United Health Services Hospitals, Johnson City, New York
Alon Yarkoni, MD: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, United Health Services Hospitals, Johnson City, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 6
pp. 915 – 918

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Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening complication during left atrial appendage (LAA) closure. We report a 77-year-old woman who underwent a transseptal puncture for LAA closure with the Watchman device that was complicated by tamponade. This was successfully treated with the deployment of a Cardioform 25-mm septal occluder device. (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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