title: MDCT evaluation after closure of atrial septal defect with an Amplatzer septal occluder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The essay describes the protocol for and interpretation of MDCT scans in the evaluation of patients after insertion of an Amplatzer septal occluder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In anatomic regions that cannot be confidently evaluated with transthoracic echocardiography, MDCT is useful for evaluating Amplatzer septal occluders for protrusion, migration, and residual shunt. Radiologists should be familiar with the imaging protocol and interpretation.
authors: Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung Harbor Rd., Taichung 407, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors: Tain
authors: T
authors: Lee
authors: I-Chen
authors: IC
authors: Tsai
authors: Yun-Ching
authors: YC
authors: Fu
authors: Sheng-Lin
authors: SL
authors: Jan
authors: Chung-Chi
authors: CC
authors: Wang
authors: Yen
authors: Y
authors: Chang
authors: Min-Chi
authors: MC
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed