title: Transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects with Amplatzer occluder assessed by real-time three-dimensional echocardiography.
abstract: We report our initial experience in two patients using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography to assess perimembranous ventricular septal defect and device morphology and their relation with contiguous cardiac structure. Defect size and rims as well as device position and profile were displayed from the three-dimensional "en face" views. We think that real-time three-dimensional echocardiography could be a complementary approach to angiography and transesophageal echocardiography in performing transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants, 330 avenue de Grande-Bretagne, B-P 3119, 31026 Toulouse Cedex 3, France. acar.p@chu-toulouse.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abadir
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aggoun
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019736:Prostheses and Implants