A Novel Wire-Assisted Technique for Closing Large Atrial Septal Defects: New Concepts of Closure Mechanism

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Mar 28;9(6):e59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.12.016. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kanazawa@a5.keio.jp.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 26947389
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.12.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Amplatzer Septal Occluder; atrial septal defect; wire-assisted technique.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Cardiac Catheters
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Septal Occluder Device
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome