Absent posteroinferior and anterosuperior atrial septal defect rims: factors affecting nonsurgical closure of large secundum defects using the Amplatzer occluder

JW Mathewson, D Bichell, A Rothman, FF Ing - Journal of the American …, 2004 - Elsevier
Using transesophageal echocardiography, we sought to determine the anatomic
characteristics of the secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) that extend into the inferior sinus …

Transcatheter atrial septal defect closure: modified balloon sizing technique to avoid overstretching the defect and oversizing the Amplatzer septal occluder

KM Carlson, H Justino, RE O'Brien… - Catheterization and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to evaluate a new technique of sizing atrial septal defects
(ASDs) for transcatheter device closure. ASD closure using the Amplatzer septal occluder …

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects improves right ventricular volume, mass, function, pulmonary pressure, and functional class: a magnetic resonance …

SP Schoen, T Kittner, S Bohl, MU Braun, G Simonis… - Heart, 2006 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To characterise prospectively by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes in
right ventricular (RV) volume, function, and mass after transcatheter closure of atrial septal …

Role of Intracardiac Echocardiographic Guidance in Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects and Patent Foramen Ovale Using the Amplatzer® Device

P Koenig, QIL CAO, M Heitschmidt… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been successfully used for guiding
transcatheter device closure of secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen …

Transcatheter closure of very large (≥ 25 mm) atrial septal defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder

BRJ Kannan, E Francis, K Sivakumar… - Catheterization and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Between June 1999 and September 2002, 45 patients (age, 34±13 years; mean
shunt ratio, 2.6±0.6) underwent transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure at our …

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect in a geriatric population

K Nakagawa, T Akagi, M Taniguchi… - Catheterization and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transcatheter closure of atrial septal
defects (ASD) in patients over 70 years of age. Background: Transcatheter closure of ASD is …

Device closure of secundum atrial septal defects in children< 15 kg: Complication rates and indications for referral

S Bartakian, TE Fagan, MS Schaffer, JR Darst - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to determine institutional complication rates in a previously
underreported patient population and discuss referral indications. Background: There has …

Results of transvenous occlusion of secundum atrial septal defects with the fourth generation buttoned device: comparison with first, second and third generation …

PS Rao, F Berger, C Rey, J Haddad, B Meier… - Journal of the American …, 2000 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess safety and effectiveness of the fourth
generation buttoned device in closing atrial septal defects (ASDs) and to test the hypothesis …

Treatment of atrial septal defects in symptomatic children aged less than 2 years of age using the Amplatzer septal occluder

M Vogel, F Berger, I Dähnert, P Ewert… - Cardiology in the …, 2000 - cambridge.org
AimsTo assess results of closure of atrial septal defects within the oval fossa by devices
delivered by catheterisation in symptomatic infants and children under 2 years of age …

Choice of device size and results of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect using the amplatzer septal occluder

ZD DU, QIL CAO, J Rhodes… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of device size choice on closure results was analyzed in 138 (101 females, 37
males; age 0.5–84.0 years) consecutive patients who underwent transcatheter closure of the …