Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defect using detachable steel coil.
Transcatheter closure has been attempted in selected cases of ventricular septal defects using Lock clamshell device, Rashkind umbrella device, and Sideris buttoned device. A small perimembranous ventricular septal defect with aneurysm of membranous septum in a 12 year old girl was closed successfully with a detachable steel coil of 8 mm diameter with four loops, after failure of deployment of a Rashkind double umbrella device.
Kalra
G S
GS
GB Pant Hospital, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110 002, India.
Verma
P K
PK
Singh
S
S
Arora
R
R
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*