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ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2025

Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion following failed surgical ligation for incessant left atrial appendage tachycardia: key role of multimodality imaging.

Joseph Okafor, Abdulla Mohammed, Balrik Kailey, Alfa Ali, Prapakaran Kanagaratnam, Roberto Casula, Bushra Rana

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Article in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2025. 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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Joseph OkaforDepartment of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. joseph.okafor@nhs.net.
Abdulla MohammedDepartment of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Balrik KaileyDepartment of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Alfa AliDepartment of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Prapakaran KanagaratnamDepartment of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Roberto CasulaNational Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
Bushra RanaDepartment of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Abstract

We describe the case of a 31-year-old male with incessant left atrial appendage tachycardia and resultant severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Despite medical therapy, catheter ablation and surgical excision of the left atrial appendage with the AtriClip device, the tachycardia persistent. Following detailed multimodality workup including computational modelling with recreation of virtual implantation scenarios, the tachycardia was eventually terminated with pulsed field ablation and percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion.

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Atrial AppendageCardiac CatheterizationCardiac Surgical ProceduresCatheter AblationMultimodal ImagingTachycardia, SupraventricularAdultAtrial Function, LeftEchocardiography, TransesophagealHeart RateHumansLigationMalePatient-Specific ModelingPredictive Value of TestsTreatment FailureAtriClipCardiac computed tomographyEchocardiographyLeft atrial appendage occlusionMultimodality imaging

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PMID41129086
PMCPMC12678540

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