title: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect with a CardioSEAL device.
abstract: Transcatheter closure of an interatrial septal defect (ASD) with a CardioSEAL device was successfully performed on 12 Taiwanese children. There were five boys and seven girls, aged from 3.6-13.9 (8.3+/-3.2) years and with body weight of 15-57 (33.7+/-14.7) kgs. After one year of follow-up studies, which included physical examination, ECG, chest X-ray and echocardiography, complete closure of ASD was achieved in nine (75%) patients. Two children with a trivial residual shunt were asymptomatic and without audible cardiac murmur. A girl had a small residual left to right atrial shunt by color Doppler echocardiography, but without audible cardiac murmur. There were no immediate or intermediate complications. Transcatheter implantation of the CardioSEAL device is a safe and proper treatment for children with non-complicated small to medium secundum ASD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hsing
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Jsou
authors.forename: Z C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male