title: Simultaneous transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect with an amplatzer septal occluder and radiofrequency ablation of an accessory connection.
abstract: This report describes the first case of simultaneous transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect and radiofrequency ablation of an accessory connection. This was performed successfully on an 8-year-old boy and represents an attractive therapeutic alternative to surgical repair in this combination of relatively common cardiac conditions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kannankeril
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Wax
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Deal
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Johnsrude
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Duffy
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011226:Pre-Excitation Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*