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Port‐a‐Cath perforation of the right atrium closed with an amplatzer ASD occluder
Author(s) -
Wani Sunil,
Dick Florian,
Meier Bernhard
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.21051
Subject(s) - medicine , right atrium , perforation , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , percutaneous , port (circuit theory) , catheter , atrium (architecture) , surgery , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , materials science , punching , electrical engineering , metallurgy , engineering
Right atrial perforation can lead to tamponade and death. Closure devices are used for sealing of shunts in the heart. We describe an indwelling catheter that caused perforation of the right atrium and was treated with a percutaneous closure device. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.