Dual device closure of a bilobar left atrial appendage with a plug (Watchman 2.5™ 30 mm) and a pacifier (Amulet™ 20 mm) device

Michel Noutsias; Hannes Melnyk; Muhammad Ali; Ingo Daehnert; Klaus Empen; Daniel Sedding; Angelos G Rigopoulos

doi:10.1016/j.hjc.2020.03.005

Dual device closure of a bilobar left atrial appendage with a plug (Watchman 2.5™ 30 mm) and a pacifier (Amulet™ 20 mm) device

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2021 Jan-Feb;62(1):81-83. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Authors

Michel Noutsias¹, Hannes Melnyk², Muhammad Ali³, Ingo Daehnert⁴, Klaus Empen⁵, Daniel Sedding⁶, Angelos G Rigopoulos⁷

Affiliations

¹ Mid-German Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine III (KIM III), Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. Electronic address: michel.noutsias@uk-halle.de.
² Mid-German Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine III (KIM III), Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. Electronic address: hannes.melnyk@uk-halle.de.
³ Mid-German Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine III (KIM III), Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. Electronic address: Muhammad.Ali@uk-halle.de.
⁴ Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology, Strümpellstrasse 39, D-04289 Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: ingo.daehnert@helios-gesundheit.de.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, City Hospital of Dessau, Auenweg 38, D-06847 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany. Electronic address: klaus.empen@klinikum-dessau.de.
⁶ Mid-German Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine III (KIM III), Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. Electronic address: Daniel.Sedding@uk-halle.de.
⁷ Mid-German Heart Center, Department of Internal Medicine III (KIM III), Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Medical Care, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Strasse 40, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany. Electronic address: angelos.rigopoulos@uk-halle.de.

PMID: 32304818
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.03.005

No abstract available

Keywords: left atrial appendage; left atrial appendage closure; left atrial appendage occluder.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Atrial Fibrillation* / surgery
Cardiac Catheterization
Humans
Pacifiers
Septal Occluder Device*
Stroke*
Treatment Outcome