title: [Non-surgical closure of atrial septal defect in adults. Experiences with the Rashkind and the Sideris occluder].
abstract: The possibility of closing an atrial septal defect in adults by means of a percutaneously introduced catheter with an umbrella-type occluder was tested in seven consecutive patients with this defect (two men and five women, aged 35 to 69 years). The diameter of the defect (echocardiographic measurement) ranged from 7 to 25 mm, the left to right shunt from 11% to 54% of pulmonary flow and the pulmonary artery pressure from 24/8 to 110/25 mmHg. In one patient no attempt was made to close the defect because of its size (invasively measured: 40 mm). In another patient the method failed. Closure was successful in four of the patients (left to right shunt < 5%), while in a fifth patient a haemodynamically significant residual shunt (38%) remained, but was closed 2 months later with a second occluder. In one of the patients a portion of the device embolized to the pulmonary artery from which it was removed by catheter.--Thus the intervention was successful in five of six patients. This experience suggests that this type of occluder can also be used successfully in adults.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Kardiologie und Angiologie, Krankenhaus Bethanien, Frankfurt.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sievert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ensslen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Spies
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Utech
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011140:Polyurethanes; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
chemical_list: D011140:Polyurethanes
vernacular_title: Nicht-operativer Verschluss des Vorhofseptumdefektes bei Erwachsenen. Erfahrungen mit dem Rashkind- und dem Sideris-Okkluder.