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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on August 7, 2007
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.06.005
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial appendage occluder device infection

Taiyeb M. Khumri, Joseph B. Thibodeau and Michael L. Main*

Mid America Heart Institute, 4330 Wornall Road, Suite 2000, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA

Received 18 April 2007; received in revised form 16 May 2007; accepted after revision 2 June 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +1 816 3033235. E-mail address: mmain{at}cc-pc.com (M.L. Main).


  Abstract

The safety and efficacy of a left atrial appendage closure device is currently under evaluation in a large-scale multi-center clinical trial. We report an initial case of left atrial appendage occluder device infection with Staphylococcus aureus; transesophageal echocardiography played a pivotal role in diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Left atrial appendage; Left atrial appendage occluder device; Endovascular infection


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