title: Late free atrial wall rupture after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure and transvenous pacemaker implantation.
abstract: We report a remarkable case of right atrial rupture, 3 years after transcatheter closure of a secundum atrial septal defect, and 7 months after permanent transvenous two-chamber pacemaker implantation. The etiology of the rupture remains unclear, but the presence of the two intracardiac devices is probably not coincidental.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huysmans
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budts
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*