TY - JOUR T1 - Failed endothelialisation of a percutaneous atrial septal defect closure device JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 580 LP - 580 DO - 10.1136/hrt.2007.135251 VL - 94 IS - 5 AU - Z Astroulakis AU - A El-Gamel AU - J M Hill Y1 - 2008/05/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/94/5/580.abstract N2 - A 77-year-old woman with severe myxomatous mitral regurgitation underwent mitral valve replacement. Twenty-six months previously, she had undergone percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) with an Amplatzer device. At the time of surgery inspection of both sides of the septal occluder device revealed bare Nitinol wires suggesting failed … ER -