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Emergency Surgery After Percutaneous Closure of The Cribriform Atrial Septal Defect: Case Report
Author(s) -
Habib Çakır,
İsmail Yürekli,
Hasan İner,
Mert Kestellı,
Ali Gürbüz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cukurova medical journal (çukurova üniversitesi tıp fakültesi dergisi)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0250-5150
DOI - 10.5455/cutf.38723
Subject(s) - cribriform , percutaneous , medicine , closure (psychology) , surgery , cardiology , carcinoma , economics , market economy
In this report we aimed to present a 22-year-old female that underwent emergency surgery after an unsuccessful percutaneous closure of cribriform atrial septal defect.Percutaneous closure is a safe alternative for appropriately selected cases with atrial septal defect. Although percutaneous closure is widely used in treatment of atrial septal defects, one should keep in mind that surgical correction might be a more convenient option in certain cases [Cukurova Med J 2014; 39(2.000): 339-342

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