title: Left circumflex coronary artery occlusion due to a left atrial appendage closure device.
abstract: Nowadays, percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) closure is spreading, and a large number of patients with this procedure have concomitant coronary artery disease. With the presented case it could be concluded that coronary angiography is recommended before LAA closure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Invasive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, Medical Faculty, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katona
authors.affiliation: György Gottsegen National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Temesvári
authors.affiliation: György Gottsegen National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szatmári
authors.affiliation: Division of Invasive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, Medical Faculty, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.affiliation: Division of Invasive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Clinical Centre, Medical Faculty, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.affiliation: György Gottsegen National Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Géza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fontos
keywords: left atrial appendage; left circumflex; occlusion
references.citation: Minerva Cardioangiol. 2013 Apr;61(2):125-34
references.pmid: 23492596