Delayed Pericardial Effusion Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Akhil Mogalapalli, MD; Sundeep Kumar, MD; Tabitha Lobo, MD; Joseph Reed, MD; Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, MD, PhD; Sung-Han Yoon, MD; Steven J. Filby, MD,,,, ,,,,Reprinted with permission from J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2023;35(1):E1-E6.

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LAA Closure

Delayed Pericardial Effusion Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure
A 5-Year Single-Center Experience

Akhil Mogalapalli, MD; Sundeep Kumar, MD; Tabitha Lobo, MD; Joseph Reed, MD; Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, MD, PhD; Sung-Han Yoon, MD; Steven J. Filby, MD

Reprinted with permission from J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2023;35(1):E1-E6.

March 2024

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This article by Mogalapalli et al was named a Journal of Invasive Cardiology Top 10 Article of 2023 by Dr. Deepak Bhatt, Editor-in-Chief

Mogalapalli CLD Mar 2024 — Moderately large posterior effusion at 48 hours post procedure.

“This is a very interesting analysis of 369 patients who underwent left atrial appendage closure at the Cleveland Medical Center,” comments Dr. Bhatt. “The authors compared patients who developed effusion to patients who did not to determine if there was any factor that might predispose them to developing acute or delayed pericardial effusion. It was, I think, very insightful given the large number of left atrial appendage closures that are starting to occur.”

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