Amplatzer Septal Occluder Associated With Late Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Requiring Surgical Removal With Acquired Aorta to Left Atrial Fistula - 13/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.057
Nasser Moiduddin, MD, John P. Cheatham, MD, Timothy M. Hoffman, MD, Alistair B. Phillips, MD, John P. Kovalchin, MD ⁎ 
Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Corresponding author: Tel: 614-722-0494; fax: 614-722-2549Résumé |
The Amplatzer septal occluder is currently the preferred device for the transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects. Multiple studies have shown that device complications with the Amplatzer occluder are rare and often acute in presentation. The investigators describe the first reported case of late obstruction of the right pulmonary veins with an Amplatzer septal occluder and, in the same patient, an unusual intraoperative finding of a noncoronary aortic sinus to left atrium fistula after device removal.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Plan
© 2009
Elsevier Inc. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 103 - N° 7
P. 1039-1040 - avril 2009 Retour au numéro
Article précédent
- B-Type Natriuretic Peptides and Their Relation to Cardiovascular Structure and Function in a Population-Based Sample of Subjects Aged 70 Years
- Kai M. Eggers, Bertil Lindahl, Per Venge, Lars Lind
- The AJC and the World Wide Web
- Vincent E. Friedewald, William C. Roberts
Bienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
L’accès au texte intégral de cet article nécessite un abonnement.
Déjà abonné à cette revue ?