Echocardiographic assessment and percutaneous closure of multiple atrial septal defects

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound

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Echocardiographic assessment and percutaneous closure of multiple atrial septal defects

Andrew RJ Mitchell¹ , Philip Roberts² , Jonas Eichhöfer¹ , Jonathan Timperley¹ and Oliver JM Ormerod¹

¹The Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

²The Department of Paediatric Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2004, 2:9doi:10.1186/1476-7120-2-9


Published:	21 July 2004

Abstract

Atrial septal defect closure is now routinely performed using a percutaneous approach under echocardiographic guidance. Centrally located, secundum defects are ideal for device closure but there is considerable morphological variation in size and location of the defects. A small proportion of atrial septal defects may have multiple fenestrations and these are often considered unsuitable for device closure. We report three cases of multiple atrial septal defects successfully closed with two Amplatzer septal occluders.