title: Transcatheter coil closure of muscular ventricular septal defects.
abstract: We report two patients with small, muscular ventricular septal defects, both of whom had a potential risk of infective endocarditis and underwent transcatheter closure using a detachable Cook coil. We suggest that in selected patients this technique offers a simple and cost-effective alternative to surgery or double-disc device procedures.
authors.affiliation: Heart Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaudhari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chessa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stumper
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: De Giovanni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans