title: Transcatheter occlusion of a residual muscular ventricular septal defect using an Amplatzer duct occluder in a child with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
abstract: Transcatheter occlusion has become an acceptable alternative to surgery in patients with congenital muscular and residual post-surgical ventricular septal defects (VSD). We present a case of an 11 year old male with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, dextrocardia, pulmonary atresia, VSD, and advanced second degree atrioventricular block who underwent successful transcatheter occlusion of a residual post-surgical VSD with an Amplatzer duct occluder, in preparation for transvenous pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Gary E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Stapleton
authors.forename: Karina M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Justino
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000453:epidemiology*