AroundPediHeart: Amplatzer Septal Occluder® Device
✍ Scribed by Francis McCaffrey M.D.
- Book ID
- 105937185
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
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We read with interest the report by Kanani et al. [1] describing the use of Amplatzer 1 1 septal occluder device in percutaneous management of pseudoaneurysms involving the thoracic aorta. We agree with their assessment that long-term follow-up is necessary to establish the efficacy of this treatmen
## Abstract Transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure has proven to be safe and effective, and it is rapidly becoming the standard treatment for secundum‐type ASDs. However, device embolization occurs in about 0.55% of cases, regardless of ASD and device size and/or physician's expertise. Pe