title: Late endocarditis of Amplatzer atrial septal occluder device in a child.
abstract: Bacterial endocarditis following atrial septal defect closure using Amplatzer device in a child is extremely rare. We report a 10-year-old girl who developed late bacterial endocarditis, 6 years after placement of an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder device. Successful explantation of the device and repair of the resultant septal defect was carried out using a homograft patch. The rare occurrence of this entity prompted us to highlight the importance of long-term follow up, review the management and explore preventive strategies for similar patients who have multiple co-morbidities and a cardiac device. A high index of suspicion is warranted particularly in pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Neerod K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Laszlo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kiraly
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: John Sk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Murala
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamas
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Haitham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Talo
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Hazem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Badaoui
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Magdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tofeig
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Malaika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendonca
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sajwani
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Sura Ahmed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Al Doory
authors.affiliation: Neerod K Jha, Laszlo Kiraly, John SK Murala, Csaba Tamas, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (managed by Cleveland Clinic), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Mohammad D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Khan
keywords: Atrial; Device; Endocarditis; Septal