Surgical repair of residual shunt after transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect with an amplatzer septal occluder: a case report.
Secundum atrial septal defect is the most common congenital heart defect in adulthood. As an alternative to surgery, the transcatheter occlusion appears to be safe. We herein report a case of a residual shunt after transcatheter closure of ASD of a 66 year old man. Surgical repair was indicated. Real and potential problem with device closure of ASD are discussed.
El Oumeiri
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hopital Erasme, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. beloumei@ulb.ac.be
Jansens
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