title: Tips and tricks to prevent prolapse of the Amplatzer septal occluder through large atrial septal defects.
abstract: We report on a new technique "using a partially inflated balloon through the atrial septal defect" to prevent prolapse of the left atrial disk of the Amplatzer septal occulder in large atrial septal defects (ASDs). Two patients underwent successful closure of their ASDs using this new technique.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Cardiac Surgery, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: Hussien Abdul
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wahab
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Almossawy
authors.forename: Ibn
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al Bitar
authors.forename: Ziyad M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Hijazi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome