Balloon assisted technique for closure of large atrial septal defects
1Glenmark Cardiac Centre, Mumbai, India.
Images in Paediatric Cardiology
|February 28, 2012
Abstract:
Amplatzer device closure of large atrial septal defects is challenging. A large device tends to malalign with the plane of the interatrial septum or prolapses through the defect. We describe a balloon assisted technique which has been successfully used in over 300 cases without a single technical failure.
