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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7506050 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in pharmacology 20200908
Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) is an effective and safe operation strategy for stroke prevention in patients who are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) but cannot tolerate long term anticoagulation medication. We presented four rare cases of thrombosis formation on the occluder device. After the LAAC operation was successfully performed on patients, they followed a course of anticoagulation with dabigatran (110 mg b.i.d.), and device-related thrombosis (DRT) occurred as i ...[more]