Surgical revision of an uncommonly dislocated self-expanding Amplatzer septal occluder device.
Open heart surgery is the standard procedure for closure of ostium secundum atrial septal defects. Recently, percutaneous transcatheter procedures emerged as therapeutic alternatives for closure of both atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale. Unfortunately, however, such percutaneous procedures may require surgical intervention for early or late complications. We report a case with emergent surgery for dislocation of the Amplatzer septal occluder into the aortic arch diagnosed 30 days after percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect.
Clinic of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. tsilimingas@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Nikolaos B
NB
Tsilimingas
Beate
B
Reiter
Yskert V
YV
Kodolitsch
Thomas
T
Münzel
Thomas
T
Meinertz
Thomas
T
Hofmann
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D020878:Device Removal; D004630:Emergencies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation