title: Surgical removal of an atrial septal occluder device embolized to the main pulmonary artery.
abstract: Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects in adults has emerged as an alternative to surgery. We report a sequela of such closure in a 16-year-old boy: embolization of the atrial septal defect occluder into the main pulmonary artery when the patient experienced an episode of intense coughing immediately after device deployment. We removed the device surgically and closed the atrial septal defect in a standard manner, with an autologous pericardial patch.
authors: Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery (Drs. Boysan and Gurkahraman) and Cardiology (Dr. Hamurcu), Lokman Hekim Sincan Hospital, 06930 Ankara; Cardiovascular Surgery Department (Dr. O. Cicek), Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, 06100 Ankara; and Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic (Dr. M. Cicek), Dr. I. Sevki Atasagun Nevsehir State Hospital, 50200 Nevsehir; Turkey.
authors: Emre
authors: E
authors: Boysan
authors: Omer Faruk
authors: OF
authors: Cicek
authors: Mustafa Cuneyt
authors: MC
authors: Cicek
authors: Ziyaddin
authors: Z
authors: Hamurcu
authors: Sami
authors: S
authors: Gurkahraman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D020878:Device Removal; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome