Key result
LAAO device migration into the left ventricle requires emergency surgical retrieval.
Why the study?
Although LAA occlusion devices have shown promising initial results, complications requiring surgical intervention have been reported.
Highlights a severe complication of LAA occlusion device implantation (device migration into the left ventricle) that requires emergency surgical retrieval.
Device migration to LV requiring surgery is a serious LAA occlusion complication; this case leaves open true incidence and prevention needs.
Although the initial results of patients who have had left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion devices implanted have been promising, there have been associated complications requiring surgical intervention. We report a case of a LAA occlusion device migrating into the left ventricle requiring cardiac surgery to retrieve it.
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Gupta et al. (2012) studied this question. Left atrial appendage occlusion devices can migrate into the left ventricle, a complication that requires emergency cardiac surgery for retrieval.
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