| Literature DB >> 24512412 |
Emre Boysan1, Omer Faruk Cicek, Mustafa Cuneyt Cicek, Ziyaddin Hamurcu, Sami Gurkahraman.
Abstract
Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects in adults has emerged as an alternative to surgery. We report a sequela of such closure in a 16-year-old boy: embolization of the atrial septal defect occluder into the main pulmonary artery when the patient experienced an episode of intense coughing immediately after device deployment. We removed the device surgically and closed the atrial septal defect in a standard manner, with an autologous pericardial patch.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24512412 PMCID: PMC3967478 DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-12-3003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tex Heart Inst J ISSN: 0730-2347