Clinical impact of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects with the double umbrella device

R N Justo; D G Nykanen; C Boutin; B W McCrindle; R M Freedom; L N Benson

doi:10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89192-8

Clinical impact of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects with the double umbrella device

Am J Cardiol. 1996 Apr 15;77(10):889-92. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89192-8.

Authors

R N Justo¹, D G Nykanen, C Boutin, B W McCrindle, R M Freedom, L N Benson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, The University of Toronto School of Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 8623750
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)89192-8

Abstract

The clinical impact of transcatheter closure of the isolated secundum atrial septal defect was reviewed. Closure by echocardiographic evaluation was 23 +/- 14% at 6 months, 49 +/- 16% at 2 years, and 64 +/- 16% at 4 years, and right ventricular end-diastolic dimensions in patients without residual shunts did not differ significantly from those with residual shunts.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
Child
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / physiopathology
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Prostheses and Implants*
Retrospective Studies
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome