title: Percutaneous transjugular device closure of postoperative residual atrial septal defect.
abstract: Percutaneous closure of postoperative malaligned residual atrial septal defect was successfully performed from the transjugular approach under transesophageal echocardiography guidance in a 38-year-old symptomatic woman with patent femoral venous access using the usual hardware. This demonstrates the feasibility of transjugular approach as an alternative to femoral or transhepatic approaches in patients with difficult atrial septal anatomy who are usually referred for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. maheshpaed@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Saktheeswaran
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahesh Kumar
authors.forename: Sasidharan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bijulal
authors.forename: Kavassery Mahadevan
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Krishnamoorthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016896:Treatment Outcome