Acute Heart Failure Caused by Dislocation of a WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Occluder

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 May 23;9(10):e97-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.02.020.
No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; dislocation of a WATCHMAN device; heart failure; left atrial appendage closure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Atrial Appendage* / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Device Removal
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / therapy
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Septal Occluder Device / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Outcome