title: Migration of an AMPLATZER atrial septal occluder to the abdominal aorta.
abstract: Percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect has been increasingly used, and complications have been rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old man who had undergone endovascular closure of a secundum atrial septal defect months earlier. The occluder was later found in the abdominal aorta.
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy. emaferrero@libero.it
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viazzo
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beqaraj
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gibello
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berardi
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santovito
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nessi
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D020878:Device Removal; D004452:Echocardiography; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*