Presentation of an embolised Amplatzer septal occluder to the main pulmonary artery 2 years after implantation.
Percutaneous occlusion techniques of secundum type atrial septal defects have recently become the treatment of choice, delivering excellent results and being associated with a low rate of early and late complications. The investigators report an unusually delayed presentation of acute right heart failure due to Amplatzer septal device embolisation into the main pulmonary artery, 2 years after implantation.
Lysitsas
Dimitrios N
DN
Wrigley
Ben
B
Banerjee
Pritwith
P
Glennon
Peter E
PE
Parmar
Jitendra M
JM
Shiu
Man Fai
MF
Been
Martin
M
D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors