title: [Percutaneous closure of an interatrial communication with the Amplatzer device. The first case in Mexico].
abstract: The Amplatzer septal occluder is a new device intended for the percutaneous closure of secundum atrial septal defects that has distinctive characteristics and important advantages over other available devices. We present the first successful closure of an atrial septal defect with this device in Mexico in a 19 year old man with a 16 mm secundum type septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Departamento de Hemodinamia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zabal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chío
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amplatz
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez Ríos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000497:Alloys; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol