title: Echocardiologists' role in the deployment of the Amplatzer atrial septal occluder device in adults.
abstract: Use of the Amplatzer Septal Occluder device to close selected secundum atrial septal defects is ever-increasing. This article illustrates the central role of the echocardiologist before, during, and after percatheter closure with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder device. Figures, diagrams, and tables detail each stage of the evaluation, procedure, and postprocedural assessment.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Heart and Chest Research, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gelman
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design