Simultaneous transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect with an amplatzer septal occluder and radiofrequency ablation of an accessory connection.
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.
Kannankeril
P J
PJ
Division of Cardiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA.
Wax
D F
DF
Deal
B J
BJ
Johnsrude
C L
CL
Duffy
C E
CE
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*