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Inverted left appendage: an unexpected echocardiographic image finding after left ventricular assist device implantation

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  1. Department of Heart and Vessels, Cardiac Surgery Unit and Heart Transplantation Center, “S. Camillo-Forlanini” Hospital, 00149, Rome, Italy

    Amedeo Pergolini, Marzia Cottini, Andrea Montalto & Francesco Musumeci

  2. Department of Cardiology, Belcolle Hospital, 01100, Viterbo, Italy

    Giordano Zampi

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Amedeo Pergolini, Marzia Cottini, Giordano Zampi, Andrea Montalto, and Francesco Musumeci declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Transesophageal images of the preoperative LA and LAA: the LA was free of mass and no alteration of its walls, the LAA is empty and in the normal position. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiogram documented the pointed-hook appendage in the LA and increasing of the flow velocity into the left superior pulmonary vein. (MP4 38239 kb)

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Pergolini, A., Cottini, M., Montalto, A. et al. Inverted left appendage: an unexpected echocardiographic image finding after left ventricular assist device implantation. J Echocardiogr 15, 141–142 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-016-0326-0

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