Accessory pulmonary vein insertion into the left atrial appendage revealed during intended interventional left atrial appendage occlusion

Heart Rhythm. 2019 Jan;16(1):158-159. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.07.035. Epub 2018 Jul 30.

Authors

Octavian Maniuc¹, Jonas Müntze¹, Maria Moritz¹, Peter Nordbeck²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. Electronic address: nordbeck_p@ukw.de.

PMID: 30071307
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.07.035

No abstract available

Keywords: Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Catheter intervention; Left atrial appendage closure; Thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / complications
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Heart Rate / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Stroke / etiology
Stroke / prevention & control*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed