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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Multiple systemic paradoxical embolisation of a lower limb deep vein thrombosis due to interatrial septal puncture: a rare complication of left atrial appendage occlusion.

Kevin Patrick Millar, Rory Gallen, Ihsan Ullah, Samer Arnous

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin Patrick MillarCardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland kevinmillar@rcsi.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-229X
Rory GallenCardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland.
Ihsan UllahCardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland.
Samer ArnousUniversity Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland.
University Hospital Limerick · IE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 75-year-old woman with a history of intracranial haemorrhage, atrial fibrillation and coronary artery bypass graft underwent elective left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) for stroke prevention. The procedure was successful, however on the third postoperative day, she presented with a lymph leak at the right femoral venous access site. She was admitted for conservative management of the lymph leak with immobility and intravenous fluids. Her inpatient stay was complicated by a right lower limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT), left middle cerebral artery territory ischaemic stroke, pulmonary emboli (PEs) and a splenic infarction. The mechanism of the systemic emboli was that of paradoxical emboli from the DVT passing through an interatrial septal defect created as part of the LAAO procedure, a previously unreported complication of LAAO. She was managed with 6 months of low-dose oral anticoagulation for treatment of DVT and PE and has made a full neurological recovery.

Indexed as

Atrial AppendageBrain IschemiaStrokeVenous ThrombosisAgedFemaleHumansLower ExtremityPuncturesarrhythmiasinterventional cardiologystrokevenous thromboembolism

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PMID34429292
PMCPMC8386231
OpenAlexW3193286216

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