Left atrial appendage

Clinical Videos

Percutaneous Closure of Incomplete Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Ligation: Success Begins With the Decision to Try

04/25/2024

Luisa Salido-Tahoces, MD, PhD; Angel Sánchez-Recalde, MD, PhD; Covadonga Fernández-Golfín, MD; PhD, José L. Zamorano-Gómez, MD, PhD

Luisa Salido-Tahoces, MD, PhD; Angel ...

Video Supplement to "Percutaneous Closure of Incomplete Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Ligation: Success Begins With the Decision to Try" (Clinical Image).

Video Supplement to...

04/25/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

“Water Gun:” A New Morphology of Left Atrial Appendage

02/01/2023

Borja Rivero-Santana, MD; Guillermo Galeote, MD, PhD; Silvia Valbuena, MD; Santiago Jimenez-Valero, MD, PhD; Raul Moreno, MD, PhD; Alfonso Jurado-Roman, MD, PhD

Borja Rivero-Santana, MD; Guillermo ...

This clinical image article describes a fifth left atrial appendage morphology type, which was shown to be effectively closed with current closure devices.

This clinical image article...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With the LAmbre Device: First-in-Human in the United States

07/30/2021

Mohammed Qintar, MD, MSc¹; Dee Dee Wang, MD; James Lee, MD; Marvin H. Eng, MD; Tiberio Frisoli, MD; Pedro Villablanca, MD, MSc; William W. O’Neill, MD; Brian O’Neill, MD

Mohammed Qintar, MD, MSc1; Dee Dee W...

The LAmbre device offers an alternative for patients who may not qualify for conventional LAA occlusion devices. We describe its use in a 79-year-old male patient with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and multiple falls who was considered...

The LAmbre device offers an...

07/30/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Imaging Corner

Successful Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Using 3D Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)

09/05/2019

Images courtesy UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.

Images courtesy UC Davis Medical Cent...

This case of left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) demonstrates the advantages of 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) over 2D imaging.

This case of left atrial...

09/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Imaging for Left Atrial Appendage Closure Procedures

09/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest talks with Robert F. Burke, MD, FASE, FSCAI, Director of Noninvasive Cardiodiagnostics and Structural Heart Imaging, and David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, MSCAI, Chief Scientific Officer, Director of Structural and Coronary Interventions, HonorHealth Medical Center, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Robert F. ...

The fusion overlay is done in real time. It does facilitate a certain degree of comfort for the interventionalist to be able to see what is going on not only on fluoroscopy, but on echo.

The fusion overlay is done in...

09/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Images

Cardioembolic Stroke in Patient With Transcatheter Occluded Left Atrial Appendage

12/27/2017

Umberto Cucchini, MD, PhD; Denisa Muraru, MD, PhD; Luigi P. Badano, MD, PhD

Umberto Cucchini, MD, PhD; Denisa Mu...

A cerebral ischemic event in a patient managed with LAA transcatheter obliteration is illustrated. TEE allowed identification and accurate definition of the LAA device leakage.

A cerebral ischemic event in a...

12/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Side-by-Side Comparison of LAA Occlusion Performance With the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug and Amplatzer Amulet

12/30/2015

Ali Abualsaud, MD¹; Xavier Freixa, MD, PhD²; Apostolos Tzikas, MD, PhD³; Jason Chan, MD¹; Patrick Garceau, MD¹; Ars√®ne Basmadjian, MD¹; R√©da Ibrahim, MD¹

Ali Abualsaud, MD1; Xavier Freixa, M...

A comparison of the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug with the Amplatzer Amulet for left atrial appendage occlusion.

A comparison of the Amplatzer...

12/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology