title: Usefulness of three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction of the Amplatzer septal occluder in patients undergoing atrial septal closure.
abstract: Eighty-eight patients referred for transcatheter closure of atrial septal or patent foramen ovale defects underwent 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography to correlate preclosure anatomy with the morphology and positioning of the atrial septal occluder. Despite the effectiveness of the trancatheter closure and absence of complications, 2 linear indentations of the aortic root by the 2 discs of the device were clearly demonstrated in 16 cases, suggesting caution in the choice of very large occluders.
authors.affiliation: Centro Cardiologico Monzino, I.R.C.C.S., Istituto di Cardiologia Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. mauro.pepi@ccfm.it <mauro.pepi@ccfm.it>
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pepi
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tamborini
authors.forename: Antonio Luca
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bartorelli
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trabattoni
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maltagliati
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Vita
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andreini
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pontone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants