title: Extracardial migration of an atrial septal defect occluder device.
abstract: Several complications have been reported regarding the percutaneous closure of secondary atrial septal defects such as erosion, thromboembolic events, arrhythmias, and endocarditis. In this report, we describe the case of a 75-year-old woman who underwent percutaneous closure of a secondary atrial septal defect with a 12 mm Amplatzer septal occluder. Six months after the uneventful implantation of the device, we manifested an asymptomatic late embolization of the device in the abdominal aorta. The device was surgically retrieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mannheim University Medical Centre, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany. kai.nowak@umm.de.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karampinis
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfleger
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods