Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) has been used as an alternative to open heart surgery. Although transcatheter closure of ASD with the Amplatzer septal occluder is a safe and feasible method in pediatric patients, there is little published data on arrhythmia analysis following transcatheter device closure of secundum ASD. We evaluated cardiac dysrhythmias with 24-hour ambulat...

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital cardiac anomalies found in the adult population. Although usually asymptomatic in childhood, ASD will be symptomatic in approximately 75 percent of adults. The most common symptoms include fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and palpitations. However, the presentation of ASD can be protean. We present four patients with secundum ASD with...

BACKGROUND Device closure of Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is an accepted mode of treatment in selected patients with a suitable defect. The major initial concern over the long-term outcome has been erosions and more recently development of aortic regurgitation. Objective was to assess the intermediate and long term outcome of patients with device closure of ASD with special reference to ...

Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) has become an accepted alternative to surgery. A number of complications associated with ASD device closure have been recognized but most are rare or minor in severity. We report a rare complication of atrial septal laceration during transcatheter closure of secundum ASD. We discuss the diagnostic confusion, which resulted in the decision for ...

Trans-catheter ASD closure has become an important alternative to surgical repair in the management of patients with Secundum-type ASD [1]. It is a simple, effective technique with low complication rate. Transcatheter ASD device closure leads to significant improvement in the heart cavity dimensions in particular the right sided dimensions in children and adults in the intermediate –term follow...

Although previous studies showed that transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) can be used to guide transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD), whether TTE can be used to guide transcatheter closure of secundum ASD with a deficient superior-anterior rim is unknown and this critical issue was addressed in the present study. A total of 280 patients with secundum ASD who underwent transcathet...

Percutaneous closure of secundum atrial septal defects (ASD) may be complicated by immediate embolization. We report on a 35-year-old woman who underwent percutaneous device closure for a secundum ASD. The diameter of the defect was measured as 4 mm by two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and a 7-mm Figulla ASD occluder device was implanted without prior balloon sizing of the defect...

Trans-catheter ASD closure has become an important alternative to surgical repair in the management of patients with Secundum-type ASD [1]. It is a simple, effective technique with low complication rate. Transcatheter ASD device closure leads to significant improvement in the heart cavity dimensions in particular the right sided dimensions in children and adults in the intermediate –term follow...

An alternative to the surgical repair of secundum type atrial septal defects (ASD) and of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is transcatheter closure. However, there is limited information about the efficacy of using percutaneous devices to close multiple ASDs. An 8-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with a cardiac murmur. A large secundum multi-fenestrated ASD (17 mm, 4.5 mm, 3 m...

Although it is a common congenital cardiac lesion, secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) rarely presents in infancy. Its natural history in the first two decades of life is generally benign. Reports of symptomatic ASD in early childhood stress the place of conservative management, and recommend that the operation should be deferred until school age. Few accounts of the indications for surgery in ...