Large gradient across a partially ligated left atrial appendage |
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Authors: | DC Fisher PA Tunick I Kronzon |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA. |
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Abstract: | The left atrial appendage is frequently ligated during mitral valve surgery to decrease the future risk of embolic events. The postoperative detection of a partially occluded left atrial appendage has previously been reported with the use of transesophageal echocardiography. We describe an unusual case in which Doppler echocardiography demonstrated a remarkably high-velocity jet emanating from a partially ligated left atrial appendage. |
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