TY - JOUR
T1 - Usefulness of three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction of the Amplatzer septal occluder in patients undergoing atrial septal closure
AU - Pepi, Mauro
AU - Tamborini, Gloria
AU - Bartorelli, Antonio Luca
AU - Trabattoni, Daniela
AU - Maltagliati, Anna
AU - De Vita, Stefano
AU - Andreini, Daniele
AU - Pontone, Gianluca
PY - 2004/11/15
Y1 - 2004/11/15
N2 - Eighty-eight patients referred for transcatheter closure of atrial septal or patent foramen ovale defects underwent 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography to correlate preclosure anatomy with the morphology and positioning of the atrial septal occluder. Despite the effectiveness of the trancatheter closure and absence of complications, 2 linear indentations of the aortic root by the 2 discs of the device were clearly demonstrated in 16 cases, suggesting caution in the choice of very large occluders.
AB - Eighty-eight patients referred for transcatheter closure of atrial septal or patent foramen ovale defects underwent 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography to correlate preclosure anatomy with the morphology and positioning of the atrial septal occluder. Despite the effectiveness of the trancatheter closure and absence of complications, 2 linear indentations of the aortic root by the 2 discs of the device were clearly demonstrated in 16 cases, suggesting caution in the choice of very large occluders.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.132
DO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.07.132
M3 - Article
C2 - 15541265
AN - SCOPUS:7944225797
VL - 94
SP - 1343
EP - 1347
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 10
ER -