title: Surgical treatment of amplatzer embolus in a secundum atrial septal defect patient.
abstract: A secundum atrial septal defect is the most common congenital heart defect. Transcatheter treatment of secundum atrial septal defects is a popular and less invasive alternative to surgery. Procedural complications may occur in a wide spectrum, particularly device embolus as the most emergent one, but luckily they do not commonly occur in the clinical setting. Mortality from adverse events related to transcatheter treatment strategies is twentyfold higher than that of primary elective surgical closure. Here, we report an Amplatzer device embolus in a secundum atrial septal defect patient. The device was successfully removed with surgery, postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on the 5(th) postoperative day.
authors: Medicana International Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Ahmet Baris
authors: AB
authors: Durukan
authors: Hasan Alper
authors: HA
authors: Gurbuz
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Tavlasoglu
authors: Nevriye
authors: N
authors: Salman
authors: Halil Ibrahim
authors: HI
authors: Ucar
authors: Cem
authors: C
authors: Yorgancioglu
keywords: Heart septal defects, atrial; Septal occluder device; Surgical procedures, operative