title: Percutaneous closure of a secundum atrial septal defect after surgical pericardectomy.
abstract: A case of successful closure of a percutaneous atrial septal defect following surgical pericardectomy is described. Clinical and haemodynamic aspects of atrial septal defects associated with constrictive pericarditis are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. s_yalonetsky@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalonetsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorber
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium; D013997:Time Factors; D014381:Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy