Growth of an atrial septal defect: missing the window for transcatheter closure.
We describe a patient diagnosed with a small atrial septal defect (3-4 mm) that had grown to 24 mm in diameter over a six-year period. Timing of transcatheter intervention may be affected by growth of the atrial septal defect and this reports the first case of an atrial septal defect outgrowing the possibility of transcatheter closure.
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin, MC-19345C, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Tortoriello
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McMahon
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Kovalchin
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Bricker
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Grifka
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors