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Aortic sinus-left atrial fistula after interventional closure of atrial septal defect

✍ Scribed by Walter Knirsch; Ali Dodge-Khatami; Christian Balmer; Matthias Peuster; Alexander Kadner; Markus Weiss; Rene Prêtre; Felix Berger


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
211 KB
Volume
66
Category
Article
ISSN
1522-1946

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✦ Synopsis


A 3-year-old boy underwent interventional closure of an atrial septal defect using an Amplatzer septal occluder. After 4 weeks, an aortic sinus-to-left atrial fistula was detected by echocardiography in an asymptomatic child. The device was surgically explanted with fistula and atrial septal defect closure. Follow-up was uneventful.


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