title: Catch of the day: interventional device retrieval after late embolization of an Amplatzer cardiac plug left atrial appendage occluder.
abstract: Transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure has proven to be an effective method to reduce the risk of thromboembolic events in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) that is unsuitable for chronic oral anticoagulation. In this case report, we describe the rare case of a late LAA occluder (28-mm Amplatzer cardiac plug) embolization, which was treated uneventfully with interventional device capture. Special interventional and device specific characteristics must be taken into account when planning such a complex procedure as described in our case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine II, Heart Centre Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany. Vedat.Tiyerili@ukb.uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tiyerili
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine II, Heart Centre Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nickenig
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine II, Heart Centre Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany. christoph.hammerstingl@ukb.uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hammerstingl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods
keywords: Amplatzer cardiac plug; Embolization