Transcatheter closure of residual atrial septal defect following implantation of buttoned device.
We report a case in which residual shunting after a buttoned device occlusion of atrial septal defect (ASD) was eliminated by transcatheter retrieval of a portion of the device, followed by implantation of a second device. This method may be helpful for those patients with residual ASDs who decline surgical device retrieval and defect closure.
Steele Memorial Children's Research Center, University Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724, USA.
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D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D015641:Radiography, Interventional