Three-dimensional echocardiography guided closure of complex multiple atrial septal defects

Echocardiography. 2014 Nov;31(10):E304-6. doi: 10.1111/echo.12731. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Abstract

Transcatheter closure of complex multiple atrial septal defects (ASDs) remains a challenge. We describe our clinical experience with staged device deployment in a patient with multiple ASDs using four Amplatzer septal occluder devices. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography imaging contributed not only to the therapeutic guidance of successful device deployment but also to the decision making for the staged device delivery approach in a case of morphologically complex multiple ASDs.

Keywords: atrial septal defect; three-dimensional echocardiography; transcatheter closure device.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Septal Occluder Device*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Treatment Outcome