title: Delayed aorto-right atrial fistula following percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect.
abstract: We present the case of a 27-year-old man who underwent percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD) repair using the Amplatzer(®) (St Jude Medical, St Paul, MN, US) septal occluder (ASO). Six weeks later, he presented with heart failure and was found to have an aorto-right atrial fistulation. He required urgent surgical device explantation and repair of the existing ASD using a pericardial patch repair technique. This is the first case to be reported from the UK describing a delayed aorto-right atrial fistula following percutaneous closure using ASO.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abudhaise
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mustafa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fok
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hammoud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mascaro
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000209:etiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult