Case 4-2015: use of the lariat device for left atrial appendage closure

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Apr;29(2):522-31. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.06.030.

Authors

Megan J Lanigan¹, Mark A Chaney², Sandeep Nathan³, Atman P Shah³, Andrew J Feider⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN.
² Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: mchaney@dacc.uchicago.edu.
³ Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

PMID: 25791690
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.06.030

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; atrial thrombi; lariat device; left atrial appendage.

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Appendage / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage / surgery*
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Catheter Ablation / instrumentation*
Catheter Ablation / methods
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / surgery*
Humans
Ultrasonography