Device closure of residual ventricular septal defect after repair of tetralogy of fallot using the amplatzer duct occluder

Indian Heart J. 2005 Mar-Apr;57(2):164-6.

Abstract

Residual ventricular septal defect after surgical repair for tetralogy of Fallot can occasionally be hemodynamically important requiring re-intervention. Transcatheter closure using ventricular septal defect devices is an attractive option for such defects. We describe two such cases where the Amplatzer duct occluder was used as an innovative, less costly alternative for closure of residual membranous ventricular septal defects. Complete occlusion of the residual ventricular septal defect with significant symptomatic improvement could be accomplished in both patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Balloon Occlusion / adverse effects*
  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
  • Child
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / etiology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / pathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Prosthesis Implantation / methods
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery*