ArticleEuropean heart journal. Case reports2022
Infective endocarditis of a left atrial appendage closure device: a case report and literature review.
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- Infective endocarditis associated with left atrial appendage occlusion device: a contemporary systematic review.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Pooled it
- Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Infection: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review.Cureus · 2026Article
- Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device-Associated Infective Endocarditis: Analysis of the FDA-MAUDE Database.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2026Article
- Impact of Immunosuppressive Drugs on Patients With Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion.Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology · 2025Article
- Surgical Atrial Septal Patch Endocarditis in a Patient with a Complete Corrected Atrioventricular Canal Defect: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Due to advances in interventional cardiology in recent years, more and more patients are currently receiving cardiac devices, with a subsequent increase in the number of patients with device-associated endocarditis. Device-associated endocarditis is a life-threatening disease with special diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Interventional devices for left atrial appendage (LAA) closure have been available for several years. However, there have been very few case reports of LAA closure device-associated endocarditis. Case summary: An 83-year-old woman presented with fever and fatigue. She had a history of permanent atrial fibrillation and recurrent bleeding on oral anticoagulation. Consequently, the patient underwent interventional LAA closure ∼20 months earlier. Blood cultures grew Discussion: Left atrial appendage occlusion device-associated endocarditis has rarely been reported. Due to the increase in LAA closure device implantation, device-associated endocarditis is expected to increase in the future. Transoesophageal echocardiography is required for correct diagnosis. Our case report suggests that an infection can occur long after implantation.
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