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ArticleClinical case reports2023

A case of combined pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and watchman implant through hepatic vein in a patient with interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC).

Sameh Girgis, Negar Niknam, Zabeer Bhatti, Jalal Mohsin, Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal, Ramesh Hariharan, Khashayar Hematpour

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sameh GirgisElectrophysiology Department The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Texas USA.
Negar NiknamInternal Medicine Department University of Houston, HCA Kingwood Hospital Houston Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0583-5987
Zabeer BhattiElectrophysiology Department The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Texas USA.
Jalal MohsinUniversity of Houston Houston Texas USA.
Ahmed Kamel Abdel AalDiagnostic and Interventional Imaging The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Texas USA.
Ramesh HariharanElectrophysiology Department The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Texas USA.
Khashayar HematpourElectrophysiology Department The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Texas USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center · USLone Star College Kingwood · USUniversity of Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report describes a successful procedure involving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) and left atrial appendage (LAA) closure with a watchman device in a 78-year-old male with atrial fibrillation and an interrupted inferior vena cava. Due to the vascular anomaly, a transhepatic approach was used, which proved successful.

Indexed as

atrial fibrillationinterrupted inferior vena cavaleft atrial ablationpulmonary vein isolationtranshepatic accesswatchman device

Identifiers

PMID37575461
PMCPMC10415586
OpenAlexW4385766190

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