title: A silent and late embolization of atrial septal defect occluder device into the right pulmonary artery: a case report.
abstract: Percutaneous device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is an alternative treatment to surgery. The main advantages of the percutaneous approach include avoidance of surgery, short procedure time and hospital length, in addition to comparable rates of complications. However, percutaneous device closure is associated with infrequent early and late complications including device embolization, air embolism, cardiac tamponade and thrombotic complications. We report a rare complication of silent and late device embolization of the ASD occluder device into the right pulmonary artery, three months after implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Durmuş Yıldıray
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Mevlüt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koç
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cakır
authors.forename: Osman Ziya
authors.initials: OZ
authors.lastname: Arık
authors.forename: Zafer
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Elbasan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caylı