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It was reported that a cerebral vascular accident (cva) occurred.A left atrial appendage (laa) closure procedure was performed and 4 watchman laa closure devices were attempted.During the procedure, 4 different closure devices were attempted as the patient had a difficult laa to support the watchman implant, so no device was implanted.The international normalized ratio (inr) was 1.5 during the procedure.The patient woke up 3 hours post procedure and had a stroke in which they were hospitalized for a week.The physician stated the patient could attempt a watchman flx closure device on a later date, but the patient declined this suggestion.The patient recovered and was doing well after this event.
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