title: Embolized Amplatzer septal occluder device presenting with ventricular fibrillation.
abstract: The Amplatzer septal occluder device is used with high success and low-complication rate. Device embolization occurs in around 0.3-0.55% of cases. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with ventricular fibrillation (VF) due to embolization of Amplatzer septal occluder into the right ventricle, 1 h after the successful closure of secundum ASD with a 26-mm Amplatzer septal occluder device. The patient was immediately defibrillated. Bedside echocardiography revealed a free floating device in transit in the right chambers. Percutaneous retrieval attempt was unsuccessful. He was referred to surgery immediately. To our knowledge, VF has not been reported yet.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Surgery Department, School of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey. myuce@gantep.edu.tr
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuce
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Musa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakici
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cine
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Davutoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D020878:Device Removal; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy