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Left atrial diverticulum

“Thin ice” for interventionalists

Divertikel des linken Atriums

„Dünnes Eis“ für interventionell tätige Untersucher

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  1. Interventional Cardiovascular Unit, Division of Cardiology, Santa Corona General Hospital, Via XXV Aprile 38, 17027, Pietra Ligure, Italy

    L. Olivotti MD, PhD, A. Nicolino & S. Moshiri

  2. Department of Radiology, Santa Corona General Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Italy

    G. Succio, M. Ghidara & G. Serafini

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Additional material onlineThis article includes an additional video. You will find this supplemental at dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3781-7.

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Video 1: Angiographic image of the Multipurpose catheter inside the LAD. Mechanical contrast injection was sufficient to forcedly push the dye outside, most likely into the loose adipose tissue of the adjacent “hilum cordis” (QuickTime mov 4,1 MB)

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Olivotti, L., Nicolino, A., Succio, G. et al. Left atrial diverticulum. Herz 38, 943–944 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-013-3781-7

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