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Three‐Dimensional Echocardiography Guided Closure of Complex Multiple Atrial Septal Defects
Author(s) -
Kijima Yasufumi,
Akagi Teiji,
Nakagawa Koji,
Takaya Yoichi,
Oe Hiroki,
Ito Hiroshi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12731
Subject(s) - cardiology , closure (psychology) , medicine , political science , law
Mini‐Abstract Transcatheter closure of complex multiple atrial septal defects (ASDs) remains a challenge. We describe our clinical experience with staged device deployment in a patient with multiple ASDs using four Amplatzer septal occluder devices. Three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography imaging contributed not only to the therapeutic guidance of successful device deployment but also to the decision making for the staged device delivery approach in a case of morphologically complex multiple ASDs.