Objective: Advanced endovascular options for acute and chronic pathology of the ascending aorta are emerging; however, several problems with stent grafts placed in have been identified patients unsuitable surgical repair, such as migration erosion at interface. Method: Among six cases analysed this report, three were treated a graft to manage dissection proximal aorta; dimensions those varied b...

Percutaneous device closure for secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) has been performed commonly and safely with high success rates. However, it is still challenging to close ASDs that are surrounded with deficient or hypermobile rims and could be compromised with an unexpected migration of device. We report a case of percutaneous Amplazter Septal Occluder (ASO; St. Jude Medical Inc., St. Paul...

this is a case presentation of a 26-year-old woman with a moderate-sized atrial septal secundum defect (17mm) who underwent catheterism, during which an amplatzer septal occluder number 26 was inserted successfully. on the second postoperative day, she deteriorated and a clinical examination showed a typical tamponade. after a percutaneous aspiration of the pericardial cavity and transient impr...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the feasibility and value of first-pass contrast-enhanced dynamic and post-contrast 3D CMR in patients after transcatheter occlusion of left atrial appendage (LAA) to identify incorrect placement and persistent leaks. METHODS 7 patients with different occluder systems (n = 4 PLAATO; n = 2 Watchman; n = 1 ACP) underwent 2 contrast-enhanced (Gd-DOTA) CMR sequences (2D Tru...

A 2-year-old boy was admitted for a 16-day history of intermittent fever (up to 40.5°C) with no other symptom. He had been followed since birth for a large midmuscular ventricular septal defect with a left-to-right shunt and signs of congestive heart failure. At 2 months of age, the patient had a pulmonary artery banding, and at 16 months of age he underwent hybrid periventricular closure of a ...

Methods Sixteen Yorkshire swine underwent percutaneous transthoracic LV access and followed up to three months (n=8). All procedures were guided by real-time bSSFP MRI (Espree, Siemens) using two slices along the needle trajectory and a short-axis slice for cardiac monitoring. Transthoracic ventricular puncture was performed using a customized 18G active needle with integrated loop coil. Punctu...