Echocardiographic assessment and percutaneous closure of multiple atrial septal defects.
Atrial septal defect closure is now routinely performed using a percutaneous approach under echocardiographic guidance. Centrally located, secundum defects are ideal for device closure but there is considerable morphological variation in size and location of the defects. A small proportion of atrial septal defects may have multiple fenestrations and these are often considered unsuitable for device closure. We report three cases of multiple atrial septal defects successfully closed with two Amplatzer septal occluders.
The Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. mitcharj@doctors.org.uk
Andrew R J
AR
Mitchell
Philip
P
Roberts
Jonas
J
Eichhöfer
Jonathan
J
Timperley
Oliver J M
OJ
Ormerod
D000328:Adult; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*