TCT-367 NEW CLASS OF PERCUTANEOUS LARGE HOLE CLOSURE DEVICE

Percutaneous transcatheter PDA device closure in infancy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results and complications associated with transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in infants. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Paediatric Cardiology Department of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology / National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC/NIHD), Rawalpindi, from December 2010 to June 2012. METHODOLOGY Infant...

Percutaneous closure of a large coronary fistula.

A16-year-old patient, female, diagnosed wwith a coronary artery fistula, was followed in the outpatient clinic since the first year of life. After referral for a murmur, the initial clinical and echocardiographic evaluation was of a right coronary artery fistula. At two years of age, cardiac catheterization showed a small fistula arising from the right coronary artery, near the origin of the si...

[Percutaneous closure of large atrial septal defects].

BACKGROUND Percutaneous occlusion of secundum type atrial septal defect with an Amplatzer device is an effective treatment alternative. However, there is little information about the use of this treatment for large defects. PATIENTS AND METHOD We retrospectively analyzed the initial and follow-up findings in 31 patients aged 41 18 years who had large atrial septal defects (>= 30 mm diameter)....

Transcathater percutaneous device closure of a large PDA closed in a 3 kg infant.

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is common congenital heart disease which may require treatment as transcatheter percutaneous device closure (PDA device closure) or surgical ligation in symptomatic full-term patients. Surgical ligation is an invasive procedure and has more complications especially in the neonates. Problems in PDA device closure are difficult vascular access, manipulation of cathe...

Percutaneous device closure of a large aortic root graft pseudoaneurysm using 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic guidance.