Graded balloon dilatation as a prerequisite to Amplatzer device closure of perforated interatrial septal aneurysm

Goel, P.K.; Kapoor, A.

Singapore Medical Journal 53(1): e18-e20

2012


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675
PMID: 22252193
Document Number: 662627
This case report describes a modification in the technique of atrial septal device closure in a patient with atrial septal defect (ASD) with associated atrial septum aneurysm and significant left-to-right shunt through multiple perforations. Graded balloon dilatation of the aneurysm was performed in this patient, as a preamble to successful deployment of a single large Amplatzer atrial septal occluder, closing the ASD completely and entrapping the aneurysm as a whole.

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