title: Balloon assisted technique for closure of large atrial septal defects.
abstract: Amplatzer device closure of large atrial septal defects is challenging. A large device tends to malalign with the plane of the interatrial septum or prolapses through the defect. We describe a balloon assisted technique which has been successfully used in over 300 cases without a single technical failure.
authors.affiliation: Glenmark Cardiac Centre, Mumbai, India.
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authors.lastname: Dalvi