title: Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defect using detachable steel coil.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: GB Pant Hospital, University of Delhi, New Delhi-110 002, India.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: 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*