title: Device migration in hybrid technique for apical muscular ventricular septal defects closure.
abstract: Muscular ventricular septal defects still require complex surgical procedures for their repair. We have used a hybrid approach for closure of these ventricular septal defects in patients needing open-heart surgery. It consists of the deployment of a ventricular septal occluder, as used in transcatheter procedures inside the defect under direct vision after cardiopulmonary bypass establishment. Through this paper, we report a case to illustrate a new and simple technique to avoid one of the most dramatic complications after this procedure: the migration of the closure device.
authors: Department of Paediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. 37941agv@comb.es
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: García-Valentín
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Congiu
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Mayol
authors: Fredy
authors: F
authors: Prada
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Mortera
authors: José-Luis
authors: JL
authors: Pomar
authors: José M
authors: JM
authors: Caffarena
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D020878:Device Removal; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016896:Treatment Outcome