A case of hemolysis after percutaneous ventricular septal defect closure with a device

J Invasive Cardiol. 2007 Jul;19(7):E192-4.

Abstract

Hemolytic anemia related to intracardiac prosthetic materials has been described. We describe a case of a 74-year-old female with a history of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy that had a postoperative ventricular septal defect closed with a muscular ventricular septal defect occluder. The device caused intractable hemolytic anemia that required surgical removal and repair. We describe a rare cause of hemolysis complicating transcatheter closure of a post-traumatic ventricular septal defect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / etiology*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Reoperation