title: Surgical extraction of an embolized atrial septal defect occluder device into pulmonary artery after percutaneous closure.
abstract: An atrial septal defect is the most common type of congenital heart disease among adults. Surgical repair or percutaneous closure of the defect is the treatment options. Even though percutaneous closure seems to be less risky than surgical repair, it may result in fatal complications like device embolism, cardiac perforation and tamponade. Herein we report a case of the embolism of a device into the pulmonary artery after one hour of percutaneous closure in which the embolized device was surgically removed and the defect was closed with a pericardial patch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yolcu
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kaygin
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ipek
authors.forename: Fatih Rifat
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ulusoy
authors.forename: Bilgehan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erkut
keywords: Device, septal occluder; Embolism; Heart septal defects, atrial