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The Operative Management of a Displaced Atrial Septal Occluder
Author(s) -
Ulas Mahmut M.,
Lafci Gokhan,
Tasoglu Irfan,
Kocabeyoglu Sabit,
Uzun Alper,
Ozatik Mehmet A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01028.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , cardiology , heart septal defect , closure (psychology) , surgery , economics , market economy
We present a case of a displaced atrial septal defect (ASD) occluder in the left ventricle. We successfully adapted a strategy to remove the device through a single right atrial incision which permitted retrieval of the occluder and the closure of the ASD . (J Card Surg 2010;25:382‐384)