Left atrial appendage occlusion with the Amulet device: to tug or not to tug?

ConclusionsIncreased force applied on the AMPLATZER ™ Amulet™ device during disc deployment compared with during tug test was statistically significant, suggesting that the tug test is redundant in most cases for checking device stability.

Source: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology - July 12, 2020 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research