scholarly journals Feasibility of percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects in adults under transthoracic echocardiography guidance using the Figulla atrial septal defect occluder device

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Ali ◽  
Hesham Salah El-Din ◽  
Sameh Bakhoum ◽  
Amal El-Sisi ◽  
Kareem Mahmood ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 626-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustaf Tanghöj ◽  
Petru Liuba ◽  
Gunnar Sjöberg ◽  
Annika Rydberg ◽  
Estelle Naumburg

AbstractIntroduction:Atrial septal defect is the third most common CHD. A hemodynamically significant atrial septal defect causes volume overload of the right side of the heart. Preterm children may suffer from both pulmonary and cardiac comorbidities, including altered myocardial function. The aim of this study was to compare the rate of adverse events following atrial septal defect closure in preterm- and term-born children.Method:We performed a retrospective cohort study including children born in Sweden, who had a surgical or percutaneous atrial septal defect closure at the children’s hospitals in Lund and Stockholm, between 2000 and 2014, assessing time to the first event within 1 month or 1 year. We analysed differences in the number of and the time to events between the preterm and term cohort using the Kaplan–Meier survival curve, a generalised model applying zero-inflated Poisson distribution and Gary-Anderson’s method.Results:Overall, 413 children were included in the study. Of these, 93 (22.5%) were born prematurely. The total number of adverse events was 178 (110 minor and 68 major). There was no difference between the cohorts in the number of events, whether within 1 month or within a year, between major (p = 0.69) and minor (p = 0.84) events or frequencies of multiple events (p = 0.92).Conclusion:Despite earlier procedural age, larger atrial septal defects, and higher comorbidity than term children, preterm children appear to have comparable risk for complications during the first year after surgical or percutaneous closure.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Varun Aggarwal ◽  
Arjun K Mohan ◽  
John Bass ◽  
Julia Steinberger ◽  
Sameh M Said ◽  
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Abstract Ostium secundum atrial septal defects are mostly closed in the cardiac catheterization laboratories using either Amplatzer® (Abbott Laboratories, IL) atrial septal occluder, Gore® Cardioform septal occluder and more recently using the recently approved (US FDA approval June 2019) Gore® Cardioform atrial septal defect occluder (W. L. Gore & Associates, AZ). Similar to any new device in the market, there is a learning curve to the deployment of this device. We therefore aim to report the key features about this new Gore Cardioform atrial septal defect occluder device with special emphasis on technical aspects that can be employed during transcatheter closure of challenging ostium secundum atrial septal defects using this device.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Tarasov ◽  
I. V. Tkachev ◽  
S. S. Kadrabulatova

An atrial septal defect is the most common congenital heart disease. Transcatheter defect closure has become widespread in recent times and the requirements for this procedure are rather strict. Two-dimensional echocardiography is limited in evaluating atrial septal defects because it provides planar images only. In order to preoperatively assess atrial septal defects, we applied three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and then compared the results with those of surgical operations. The maximum diameter, shape, area and localization of the atrial septal defect in 26 patients were estimated with three-dimensional echocardiography. It was found out that positive correlation existed between three-dimensional echocardiography findings and those measured during surgery. Three-dimensional echocardiography provides invaluable assistance in preoperative evaluation of atrial septal defects and in selection of treatment.


1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 468-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Berger ◽  
Peter Ewert ◽  
Per G. Boöjrnstad ◽  
Ingo Dähnert ◽  
Gregor Krings ◽  
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AbstractTo judge whether an Amplatzer™ Septal Occluder can be used as standard therapy instead of surgery for closure of atrial septal defects we report our experiences in 200 patients. Of these patients, 127 had an atrial septal defect with haemodynamically significant left-to-right shunt, 68 patients a persistent oval foramen after presumed paradoxical embolism, and 5 had a fenestration after Fontan-repair. Mean age was 29.8 years (0.8 to 77.7 years). Body weight ranged from 6.9 to 120.0 kg (mean 51.5 kg). After diagnostic cardiac catheterization, and balloon-sizing of the defect, we implanted Amplatzer™ Septal Occluders with stents of 4 to 28 mm diameter. Follow-up studies were obtained after 48hours, and one, six, and twelve months. Transcatheter closure of the atrial septal defect proved successful in all without any relevant residual shunts. In particular, complete closure was achieved in all patients after presumed paradoxical embolism. The mean period of follow-up is 9–5 months, with a range from 0.4 to 23.5 months, giving a total of 1898 patient months. The occlusion rate after three month was 98.1°. A trivial haemodynamically insignificant residual shunt remained in 1.9° of the patients. Fluoroscopy times ranged from 0 to 43.5 minutes, with a median of 8.7 minutes. The excellent results in the short and medium term in children and adults have resulted in using this device routinely at the present time for closure of central atrial septal defects up to a diameter of 28 mm. Final judgement, however, is only possible after long-term follow-up.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 980-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana H. R. Albæk ◽  
Sebastian Udholm ◽  
Anne-Sif L. Ovesen ◽  
Zarmiga Karunanithi ◽  
Camilla Nyboe ◽  
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AbstractObjective:To determine the prevalence of pacemaker and conduction disturbances in patients with atrial septal defects.Design:All patients with an atrial septal defect born before 1994 were identified in the Danish National Patient Registry, and 297 patients were analysed for atrioventricular block, bradycardia, right bundle branch block, left anterior fascicular block, left posterior fascicular block, pacemaker, and mortality. Our results were compared with pre-existing data from a healthy background population. Further, outcomes were compared between patients with open atrial septal defects and atrial septal defects closed by surgery or transcatheter.Results:Most frequent findings were incomplete right bundle branch block (40.1%), left anterior fascicular block (3.7%), atrioventricular block (3.7%), and pacemaker (3.7%). Average age at pacemaker implantation was 32 years. Patients with defects closed surgically or by transcatheter had an increased prevalence of atrioventricular block (p < 0.01), incomplete right bundle branch block (p < 0.01), and left anterior fascicular block (p = 0.02) when compared to patients with unclosed atrial septal defects. At age above 25 years, there was a considerably higher prevalence of atrioventricular block (9.4% versus 0.1%) and complete right bundle branch block (1.9% versus 0.4%) when compared to the background cohorts.Conclusions:Patients with atrial septal defects have a considerably higher prevalence of conduction abnormalities when compared to the background population. Patients with surgically or transcatheter closed atrial septal defects demonstrated a higher demand for pacemaker and a higher prevalence of atrioventricular block, incomplete right bundle branch block, and left anterior fascicular block when compared to patients with unclosed atrial septal defects.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-137
Author(s):  
Hassan Javadzadegan ◽  
Mehrnoush Toufan ◽  
Ali Reza Sadighi ◽  
Joyce M. Chang ◽  
Nader D. Nader

AbstractBoth surgical and percutaneous closures of atrial septal defects have been successful in reversal of atrial dilatation. We compared the effects of surgical and percutaneous transvenous device closure of atrial septal defect on post-operative changes of P-wave duration, PR segment, and PR interval. Electrocardiographic data were prospectively collected from 30 patients following either surgical (n equal to 16) or percutaneous (n equal to 16) repair of atrial septal defects between 2004 and 2010. A cardiologist blinded to the closure technique performed the electrocardiographic analyses. P-wave duration (98.5 plus or minus 15.4 to 86.4 plus or minus 13.2 milliseconds, p-value less than 0.05) and PR interval (162.9 plus or minus 18.5 to 140.6 plus or minus 15.2 milliseconds, p-value less than 0.05) were reduced after percutaneous transvenous device closure. P-wave duration (104.5 plus or minus 24.7 versus 83.2 plus or minus 13.3 milliseconds, p-value less than 0.05) and PR interval (173.2 plus or minus 38.7 versus 144.3 plus or minus 32.0 milliseconds, p-value less than 0.05) were also reduced after surgical closure. PR segment in the percutaneous group was significantly reduced (63.4 plus or minus 14.5 to 52.1 plus or minus 10.8 milliseconds, p-value less than 0.05), but not in the surgical group (68.6 plus or minus 18.7 versus 61.1 plus or minus 24.7 milliseconds). However, the difference in PR segment changes between the two groups was not significant (−11.3 plus or minus 15.0 versus −7.6 plus or minus 20.5 milliseconds, p-value equal to 0.18). Our analysis demonstrates that the changes between the two groups were not different and that both closure techniques reduce P-wave duration, PR segment, and PR interval within 6 months.


Heart ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hausdorf ◽  
M. Schneider ◽  
B. Franzbach ◽  
C. Kampmann ◽  
K. Kargus ◽  
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