title: Percutaneous closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect associated with a ventricular septal aneurysm using the Amplatzer ductal occluder.
abstract: Amplatzer ductal occluders were used for percutaneous closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects with associated ventricular septal aneurysm in three patients. The device was well positioned and the ventricular left-to-right shunt was significantly decreased in all three patients. The procedure was tolerated well without complications in each case.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*