OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to report the early and late complications experienced in atrial septal defect (ASD) transcatheter closure. BACKGROUND Atrial septal defect transcatheter occlusion techniques have become an alternative to surgical procedures. A number of different devices are available for transcatheter ASD closure. The type and rate of complications are different for dif...

An alternative to the surgical repair of secundum type atrial septal defects (ASD) and of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is transcatheter closure. However, there is limited information about the efficacy of using percutaneous devices to close multiple ASDs. An 8-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with a cardiac murmur. A large secundum multi-fenestrated ASD (17 mm, 4.5 mm, 3 m...

Cardiac papillary fibroelastomas (PFs) are rare cardiac tumors (1). They may be asymptomatic or may present with embolic phenomena (2). To the best of our knowledge, only a few cases of PF associated with congenital heart disease (CHD) have been previously reported (3-6). Here, we present three cases of PF. The first two cases of PF are associated with ostium secundum-type atrial septal defect ...

Transcatheter device closure of secundum atrial septal defect is a well known option since 1974. The procedure is routinely performed through femoral vein approach but rarely inferior venacava (IVC) may be interrupted or blocked so transfemoral approach cannot be an option in these patients. In such rare cases surgical closure can be performed but in cases of percutaneous closure of secundum at...

Background: Atrioventricular (AV) block in children may pose a challenge for phycisians. However, it can be detected with careful physical examination.
 Case illustration: A 4 month old infant presented bradycardia that did not improve during observation period. Her electrocardiography (ECG) showed complete atrioventricular and her echocardiography secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) paten...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to compare the safety and efficacy of the HELEX septal occluder (HSO) with surgical repair of atrial septal defect (ASD). BACKGROUND The HSO is a low-profile, double-disk occluder device for percutaneous closure of secundum ASD. METHODS Patients were enrolled (HSO arm prospectively, surgery arm prospectively/retrospectively) from 14 U.S. sites and followed up fo...

481 The Editor, Iatrogenic diversion of inferior vena cava (IVC) to left atrium had been reported many times.[1‐8] In few reported cases, this complication was detected years after surgery.[2] Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is instrumental in timely diagnosis of such surgical errors and helps in immediate correction of such complication.[3] We describe a case of ostium secundum atrial s...

INTRODUCTION In this study we compared the effects of two different surgical procedures for closure of adult atrial septal defect (ASD) on postoperative P-wave changes. METHODS Patients who underwent cardiac surgery for secundum type ASD closure were evaluated retrospectively. Seventy-two patients with primary repair of ASD and 29 patients with pericardial patch plasty repair were compared ac...

Abstract Background Cardiac erosion after percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is a rare complication that requires immediate life-saving emergency surgery. In this report, we present our successful strategy for cardiac arrest due to tamponade caused by 6 years the of an ASD. Case presentation The patient was 50-year-old man who received treatment using Amplatzer occluder (St. Jude M...

Isolated secundum atrial septal defect is one of the most common congenital heart defects. Surgical closure is the treatment of choice but is associated with a chest scar, some morbidity and a relatively long recovery and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect is therefore an attractive approach. 3 children, aged 5-10 years, underwent successfu...