Figure Legends
Figure 1. Transthoracic echocardiogaphy showing Amplatzer
atrial septal occluder tangled with mitral anterior leaflet chordal
apparatus (A). Cath-lab fluoroscopy of percutaneous retrieval attempt
procedure, with the left atrial appendage occluder implanted and the
dislodged atrial septal occluder snared through its waist by means of a
loop (B).
Figure 2. Left ventricular inferior dissecting hematoma
(A). Right atrial disk viewed through the atrial septal defect with its
waist tangled with the mitral valve (B). Transaortic retrieval of the
left atrial disk after dividing the device through its waist (C). Two
halves of the atrial septal occluder retrieved (D).
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