Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device
An 82-year-old man who had undergone Watchman FLX (Boston Scientific) device implantation presented with dyspnea. Multimodality evaluation demonstrated a small fistula from the proximal circumflex artery to the left atrial appendage. Anatomically, the left circumflex artery is close to the atrial ap...
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| author | Stefan Milutinovic, MD Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD Jeffrey Rosen, MD Anuj Agarwal, MD Ricardo O. Escárcega, MD |
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| description | An 82-year-old man who had undergone Watchman FLX (Boston Scientific) device implantation presented with dyspnea. Multimodality evaluation demonstrated a small fistula from the proximal circumflex artery to the left atrial appendage. Anatomically, the left circumflex artery is close to the atrial appendage; therefore, it is plausible that fistula formation could be a late complication of implantation of the device. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb8c6d60d5e34df381151f34b62286a92024-02-09T04:49:10ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492024-02-01294102202Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure DeviceStefan Milutinovic, MD0Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD1Jeffrey Rosen, MD2Anuj Agarwal, MD3Ricardo O. Escárcega, MD4Florida State University College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program at Lee Health, Cape Coral, Florida, USALee Health Heart Institute, Fort Myers, Florida, USALee Health Heart Institute, Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Florida Heart Associates, Fort Myers, Florida, USALee Health Heart Institute, Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Florida Heart Associates, Fort Myers, Florida, USAFlorida State University College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program at Lee Health, Cape Coral, Florida, USA; Lee Health Heart Institute, Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Florida Heart Associates, Fort Myers, Florida, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Ricardo O. Escárcega, Florida Heart Associates, 1550 Barkley Circle, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.An 82-year-old man who had undergone Watchman FLX (Boston Scientific) device implantation presented with dyspnea. Multimodality evaluation demonstrated a small fistula from the proximal circumflex artery to the left atrial appendage. Anatomically, the left circumflex artery is close to the atrial appendage; therefore, it is plausible that fistula formation could be a late complication of implantation of the device.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923005594complicationcomputed tomographycoronary angiography |
| spellingShingle | Stefan Milutinovic, MD Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD Jeffrey Rosen, MD Anuj Agarwal, MD Ricardo O. Escárcega, MD Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device JACC: Case Reports complication computed tomography coronary angiography |
| title | Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device |
| title_full | Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device |
| title_fullStr | Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device |
| title_short | Circumflex to Left Atrial Appendage Fistula Associated With Watchman FLX Closure Device |
| title_sort | circumflex to left atrial appendage fistula associated with watchman flx closure device |
| topic | complication computed tomography coronary angiography |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923005594 |
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