Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Complicated by Appendage Perforation Rescued by Device Deployment

• Main Authors: Anna Sarcon MS, MD (Author), Dipayon Roy MD (Author), David Laughrun MD (Author), Mary Huntsinger ACNP (Author), Jacqueline Schwartz MD (Author), Jina Sohn MD (Author), Rahul N. Doshi MD, FHRS (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Watchman device is a transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) occluding device used in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and a high CHADS2-VA2SC score who are poor long-term anticoagulation candidates. Pericardial effusion related to device deployment and perforation can be a...