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Images in cardiology
Device failure weeks to months after transcatheter closure of secundum type atrial septal defects
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Two women at the age of 62 and 42 years underwent secundum type atrial septal defect (ASD) closure with the recently introduced ATRIASEPT II device (Cardia Inc, Eagan, Minnesota, USA). ASD closure devices of size 24 mm and 20 mm were implanted without complications. Intracardiac echocardiography demonstrated satisfactory device deployment. The first patient developed atrial fibrillation approximately 6 weeks after the procedure and therefore …
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