Interventions for hypertension and stroke

First-in-man percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage using the Ultraseal II device

EuroIntervention 2019;15:e816-e817. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-01084

Ignacio Cruz-González
Ignatio Cruz-González1; Rocío González Ferreiro1; Manuel Barreiro Pérez1; Pedro Luis Sánchez Fernández1
1. Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, y CIBERCV, Salamanca, Spain




Figure 1. First-in-human experience with the Ultraseal II. A) LAA occlusion with the Ultraseal II device and (B) comparison between the first Ultraseal device and the new Ultraseal II.

A 74-year-old man with atrial fibrillation and spontaneous intra-cerebral haemorrhage was admitted for percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA). We present the first-in-man experience with the Ultraseal II device (Cardia, Inc., Eagan, MN, USA).

Under conscious sedation, the procedure was carried out using transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with an S8-3t microprobe (Philips Medical Systems, Andover, MA, USA) and fluoroscopic guidance. A 22 mm Ultraseal II was ...

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