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Percutaneous closure of an incomplete left atrial appendage closure

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, University of Leipzig-Heart Center, 04289, Leipzig, Germany

    Manuel Viehmann, Ingo Dähnert, Gerhard Schuler & Marcus Sandri

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Video 1: Echocardiogram with color doppler showing the incomplete left atrial appendage closure (AVI 6093 kb)

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Video 2: 3D Transesophageal echocardiography with an en face view to the LAA occluder revealing a residual leak at 1 o’clock (AVI 1493 kb)

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Video 3: Sucessfull crossing of the para-occludaer gap with a standard multipurpose diagnostic catherer via a 9F Agilis® sheath (AVI 2499 kb)

Video 4: Deployment of the distal disc of the Amplatzer Vascular Plug III® (AVI 2573 kb)

Video 5: Deployment of the proximal disc of the Amplatzer Vascular Plug III® (AVI 5428 kb)

Video 6: Released Amplatzer Vascular Plug III® (AVI 1709 kb)

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Viehmann, M., Dähnert, I., Schuler, G. et al. Percutaneous closure of an incomplete left atrial appendage closure. Clin Res Cardiol 105, 791–793 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-016-0982-0

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