Hemoptysis After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: A Warning Sign Preceding a Life-Threatening Complication

JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Dec;7(12):1645-1646. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.07.006. Epub 2021 Aug 25.

Authors

Felipe Bisbal¹, Julia Aranyó², Victor Bazán², Elisabet Berastegui², Eduard Fernández-Nofrerias²

Affiliations

¹ Heart Institute-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Cardiovascular Disease Networking Biomedical Research Center (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: f.bisbalvb@gmail.com.
² Heart Institute-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.

PMID: 34454878
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.07.006

No abstract available

Keywords: amulet; anatomy; complication; left atrial appendage closure; tamponade.

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Hemoptysis / etiology
Humans
Septal Occluder Device* / adverse effects