Pardon the Interruption: An Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava Discovered During Attempted Implantation of a Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Sep 11;10(17):e155-e157. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.05.062. Epub 2017 Aug 16.
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Keywords: Watchman; azygous vein; cardiac CT; interrupted IVC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
  • Atrial Appendage* / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
  • Azygos Vein / abnormalities*
  • Azygos Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings*
  • Phlebography / methods
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging