title: Compassionate use of the amplatzer ASD closure device for residual postinfarction ventricular septal rupture following surgical repair.
abstract: We report successful transcatheter closure of a post-MI ventricular septal rupture acutely following unsuccessful surgical repair. Catheter closure was accomplished by the use of a 26-mm Amplatzer atrial septal occluder. Initial attempts to close the defect with the use of 28-mm and 33-mm CARDIOSEAL were unsuccessful. Closure technique, immediate and long-term follow-up outcomes are reported.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02144, USA.
authors.forename: Harry C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Ik-Kyung
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Danita M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Yoerger
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: MacGillivray
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Moor
authors.forename: Igor F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Palacios
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000295:instrumentation; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012086:Reoperation; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000628:therapy*