[Endovascular closure of defects of the interatrial septum and patent foramen ovale].
Endovascular occlusion of defects of the interatrial septum and patent foramen ovale has increasingly been gaining ground in surgical practice. This is predetermined by a shortened hospital stay of the patients and the lack of any cosmetic defects left, as compared with the conventionally performed surgical management. The present review analyses both Russian and foreign literature related to the problem concerned. Indications for and contraindication to this type of operative treatment are determined herein. Also described is the technique of implantation for the present-day types of occluders. A comparative assessment of efficacy and safety of various occlusion systems is given.
Department of Roentgenovascular Surgery, A. V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
A Yu
AY
Likharev
I I
II
Sitkin
L S
LS
Kokov
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D000075202:Contraindications; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents