title: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects in adults using two devices: an angiographic overview.
abstract: Atrial septal defects are a common congenital cardiac abnormality in adults. lndividuals with atrial septal defects carry the risk to develop cardiac problems such as right ventricle volume overload, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and more rarely paradoxical embolic events. Surgery was the standard treatment for symptomatic patients with atrial septal defects for decades. More recently, percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects in adults using a closure device has become an alternative to surgery in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Department, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maree
authors.forename: Igor F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Rodrigo M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lago
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods