title: Addressing the needs of treating congenital heart disease: The influence of deficient retro-aortic rim on technical success and early adverse events following device closure of secundum atrial septal defects: An analysis of the IMPACT registry®.
abstract: For secundum ASD, a deficient retro-aortic rim is common (40% of cases) However, the deficient retro-aortic rim had no effect on ASD device placement success or immediate outcome The IMPACT Registry does not track long-term outcome, so there is no information provided about long-term complications, such as erosion.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: M Tobis
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial; D006801:Humans; D012042:Registries; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D016896:Treatment Outcome