Atrial Septal Defect (ASD): A ... Transcatheter Closure: A minimally invasive procedure to close heart defects using a catheter and specialized devices. Transseptal Puncture (TSP): A technique ...

The aneurysms were classified as: aneurysm with persistent foramen ovale (type A); aneurysm with single atrial septal defect (type B); aneurysm with two perforations requiring more than one device for ...

Dr C Rickers, University Hospital Eppendorf, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Martinistrasse 52 20246 Hamburg, Germany. Objective To investigate the safety, efficacy, and clinical application of a ...

Closure of an atrial septal defect can be done either percutaneously with a closure device or surgically. ASD closure is indicated when right heart enlargement is present, however not in the ...

Closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) can be achieved by various methods right from direct closure to patch closure using various materials viz. pericardium, Dacron and Teflon, to device closure ...

Case 2 continued to have poor growth after spontaneous closure of the atrial septal defect. Case 1, who had an associated large ductus and aortic stenosis, was noted to have a heart murmur at two ...

[13] For the most frequent defect, the secundum ASD ... reported different percentages of thrombus formation after ASD device closure. The largest series revealed thrombus formation in 15 of ...

An atrial septal defect (ASD) — sometimes called a hole in the heart ... There's a small risk of blood clots forming on the closure device while new tissue heals over it, so kids who had a ...

is a fundamental imaging modality for guidance of percutaneous closure of ASD in terms of real-time information about rims defect, device deployment and release, final results. Real-time three ...

Coimbatore: Cardiology department at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) has successfully treated atrial septal defect in three schoolchildren using device closure technique in ...

An atrial septal defect (ASD) — sometimes called a hole in the heart ... There's a small risk of blood clots forming on the closure device while new tissue heals over it, so kids who had a ...