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The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Surgical Extraction of an Embolized Atrial Septal Defect Occluder Device into Pulmonary Artery after Percutaneous Closure

  • Yolcu, Mustafa (Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Kaygin, Mehmet Ali (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Ipek, Emrah (Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Ulusoy, Fatih Rifat (Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital) ;
  • Erkut, Bilgehan (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital)
  • Received : 2012.08.16
  • Accepted : 2012.10.18
  • Published : 2013.04.05
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Abstract

An atrial septal defect is the most common type of congenital heart disease among adults. Surgical repair or percutaneous closure of the defect is the treatment options. Even though percutaneous closure seems to be less risky than surgical repair, it may result in fatal complications like device embolism, cardiac perforation and tamponade. Herein we report a case of the embolism of a device into the pulmonary artery after one hour of percutaneous closure in which the embolized device was surgically removed and the defect was closed with a pericardial patch.

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