We report a case of late infective endocarditis in an 8‐year‐old boy 3 years after
transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect with the Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder …

Bacterial endocarditis following atrial septal defect closure using Amplatzer device in a child
is extremely rare. We report a 10-year-old girl who developed late bacterial endocarditis, 6 …

Infective endocarditis is a rare but serious complication following device closure of atrial
septal defect. Surgical removal of the device is mandatory in such cases. We report a rare …

Infection of devices for percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects are
exceedingly rare. Two cases of device‐associated endocarditis have been reported, which …

A 66-year-old man with a large secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) that had been repaired
percutaneously 30 months previously with an Amplatzer ASD occluder (ASO) presented with …

A 59-year-old male with an secundum atrial septal defect status post repair with an
Amplatzer occluder in 2001 was admitted with sepsis and MRSA bacteremia …

Advances in interventional cardiology have enabled the treatment of severe congenital heart
defects without the need for surgery. The percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects and …

Closure of atrial septal defects be means of intravenous catheterisation has been
undertaken using a variety of devices as an alternative to surgical closure. 1–5 We describe …

A 4-year-old boy had a 15-mm atrial septal defect repaired percutaneously with use of an
Amplatzer Septal Occluder. At age 16 years, he presented with a week's history of fever …

A 4-year-old girl with a history of a moderate-sized secundum atrial septal defect and mild
mitral valve prolapse underwent transcatheter closure with a 22-mm Amplatzer septal …