Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2013; 41(2): 141-143 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2013.95580

Obstruction of superior vena cava flow during transcatheter atrial septal defect closure with the Atriasept ASD occluder

Nihan Kahya Eren, Uğur Kocabaş, Cem Nazlı, Oktay Ergene
Department Of Cardiology, Izmir Ataturk Education And Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

In this paper, we describe a patient with a large secundum atrial septal defect ASD (26 mm) with adequate rims that were suitable for percutaneous closure. While closing this ASD, the superior vena cava (SVC) was occluded with the right atrial disc of the Atriasept ASD occluder (Cardia) and thus the device was retrieved before its release. After retrieval of this device, an Amplatzer ASD occluder was successfully implanted without disturbing the caval flow.

Keywords: Cardiac catheterization/methods, embolization, therapeutic/ instrumentation; equipment design; heart diseases; heart septal defects, atrial/surgery.

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