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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Availability of percutaneous closure for an adult population with interatrial shunts
Magnus Johansson1, Björn Söderberg, Peter Eriksson
1Department of Clinical Physiology, Ostra University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. magnus.c.johansson@vgregion.se
Objectives:
To report the availability of percutaneous closure for an adult population with interatrial septal defects.
Methods:
Observational study with 66 consecutive patients referred to a tertiary center for evaluation of the possibility of percutaneous closure. The patients were selected initially after review of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and finally after heart catheterization.
Results:
Out of 66 patients, 50 were selected after the review of TEE and 38 of them were selected after catheterization; all of the 38 were effectively closed.
Conclusion:
Percutaneous closure is possible and can be carried out safely in a majority of the adult population with interatrial shunts.
