Very Late Dislocation of an AMPLATZER Septal Occluder Device Suspected Thanks to a Recent Onset of Right-Axis Deviation.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone," Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: gregorydendramis@libero.it.
Gregory
G
Dendramis
Department of Biopathology, Medical and Forensic Biotechnologies, Section of Anesthesiology, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Emergency, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone," Palermo, Italy.
Claudia
C
Paleologo
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone," Palermo, Italy.
Davide
D
Piraino
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, University Hospital "Paolo Giaccone," Palermo, Italy.
Stefano
S
Augugliaro
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D020878:Device Removal; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
AMPLATZER septal occluder; diagnosis; late dislocation; ostium secundum atrial septal defect; right-axis deviation