Transcatheter coil closure of muscular ventricular septal defects.
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.
Chaudhari
M
M
Heart Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Chessa
M
M
Stumper
O
O
De Giovanni
J V
JV
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans