Emergent surgical intervention for embolization of atrial septal defect closure device.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalThe Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Year 2012
The percutaneous transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect has recently become an increasingly widespread alternative to surgical closure in many centers. Although immediate, short, and intermediate term results of percutaneous transcatheter septal closure are promising, the procedure is not free from inherent complications that could be lethal. We report a case of device embolization necessitating emergent surgical retrieval.
Epistemonikos ID: 853ff54c8214b2f134d4b8715a3860b38719b47c
First added on: May 24, 2023