Autopsy findings of left atrial appendage closure device.
Autopsy
Left atrial appendage closure
Pathology
Watchman
Journal
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology
ISSN: 1879-1336
Titre abrégé: Cardiovasc Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9212060
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
08
05
2021
revised:
05
09
2021
accepted:
06
09
2021
pubmed:
18
9
2021
medline:
29
12
2021
entrez:
17
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report an autopsy case of an 80-year-old woman who underwent left atrial appendage closure with a WATCHMAN (Boston Scientific, St. Paul, MN, USA) device. This is the first report of histologic assessment following left atrial appendage closure with a WATCHMAN device at 3 months. Gross and histopathological examinations revealed neoendocardial coverage of the WATCHMAN device. Partial endothelialization was verified by CD34 staining; however, it remains unclear when complete endothelialization is likely to occur.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34534669
pii: S1054-8807(21)00068-5
doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2021.107384
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
107384Informations de copyright
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