title: Emergency surgical retrieval of a migrated left atrial appendage occlusion device.
abstract: Although the initial results of patients who have had left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion devices implanted have been promising, there have been associated complications requiring surgical intervention. We report a case of a LAA occlusion device migrating into the left ventricle requiring cardiac surgery to retrieve it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom. pritygupta@hotmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczeklik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Selvaraj
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology