title: Transcatheter retrieval of embolized AMPLATZER Septal Occluder.
abstract: In selected patients, transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects with the AMPLATZER Septal Occluder has yielded excellent results. However, there is a slight risk of device embolization after deployment. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman in whom an embolized AMPLATZER device was retrieved percutaneously from the right pulmonary artery. We also discuss important technical principles for managing this uncommon but potentially severe complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India. golf_pgi@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Pravin K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: Roopali
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khanna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Device removal/methods; embolization, therapeutic/instrumentation; heart catheterization/instrumentation; heart septal defects, atrial/ultrasonography; patient selection; prostheses and implants; prosthesis implantation/adverse effects; septal occluder device/adverse effects; treatment outcome