A Novel Mechanism of Atrioventricular Block Following Transcatheter Closure of an Atrial Septal Defect

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Oct 10;9(19):2067-2069. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.07.028. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Authors

Tsunehisa Yamamoto¹, Hideaki Kanazawa², Sho Tanosaki¹, Shinichi Goto¹, Mai Kimura¹, Hikaru Tsuruta¹, Yuji Itabashi¹, Mitsushige Murata¹, Akira Kunitomi¹, Yoshiyasu Aizawa¹, Takahiko Nishiyama¹, Takashi Kohno¹, Yuichiro Maekawa¹, Seiji Takatsuki¹, Motoaki Sano¹, Osamu Igawa³, Keiichi Fukuda¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kanazawa@a5.keio.jp.
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 27639905
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.07.028

No abstract available

Keywords: atrial septal defect; atrioventricular block; transcatheter closure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrioventricular Block*
Cardiac Catheterization
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
Humans
Middle Aged
Septal Occluder Device