title: [Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure with Watchman® LAA occluder device in a patient with persistent atrial fibrillation].
abstract: We present a case of a 74-year-old male with persistent atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke despite vitamin-K antagonist  treatment who underwent successful left atrial appendage closure with Watchman device.
authors.affiliation: II Klinika Kardiologii, Instytut Kardiologii, Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków. kleczu@interia.pl
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kleczyński
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sorysz
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zawiślak
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arif
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartuś
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Legutko
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubiel
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dudek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications