Postsurgical use of amplatzer septal occluder in cyanotic patients with pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum: significance of cor triatriatum dexter and dilated right atrium.
Percutaneous closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) has been shown to be safe and effective. However, its role after surgery in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease who may have associated cor triatriatum dexter and a dilated right atrium has not been established. This article reports on successful closure in such patients, including precautions and results.
Ebeid
M R
MR
Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA. mebeid@ped.umsmed.edu
Braden
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Gaymes
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Heath
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Joransen
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000150:complications*; D003490:Cyanosis; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications*