Percutaneous Closure of Multiple Secundum Atrial Septal Defects Using 3 Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder Devices | Zendy

Carmelo Arcidiacono | Zendy; Gianpiero Gaio | Zendy; Gianfranco Butera | Zendy; Mário Carminati | Zendy

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Percutaneous Closure of Multiple Secundum Atrial Septal Defects Using 3 Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder Devices

Author(s) -

Carmelo Arcidiacono,

Gianpiero Gaio,

Gianfranco Butera,

Mário Carminati

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.108.774570

Subject(s) - septum secundum , medicine , cardiology , humanities , philosophy

A previously healthy 12-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital with acute pneumonitis. On admission, a heart murmur was detected. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed multiple secundum atrial septal defects with left-to-right shunt and signs of right ventricular volume overload. He underwent right cardiac catheterization and transesophageal echocardiogram (transesophageal echocardiography): 3 sizeable atrial septal defects (anterosuperior, measuring 10 mm; posterior, 9 mm; anteroinferior, 6 mm) were closed with …

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