title: Removal of displaced and impacted ASD device after 4 years.
abstract: Open heart surgery is the gold standard for the closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs). Percutaneous transcatheter closure is used to close simple ostium secundum ASDs. As this method avoids sternotomy, the post-procedural morbidity is lower. These procedures are associated with complications which can be life threatening and require urgent surgical intervention. We report a rare case which required surgical removal of the Amplatzer septal occluder and closure of the ASD four years after the initial percutaneous transcatheter closure due to displacement of the device.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Dhaliwal
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Singh
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Swami
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors