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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Three-dimensional echocardiography guided closure of complex multiple atrial septal defects
Yasufumi Kijima1, Teiji Akagi, Koji Nakagawa
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
Abstract:
Transcatheter closure of complex multiple atrial septal defects (ASDs) remains a challenge. We describe our clinical experience with staged device deployment in a patient with multiple ASDs using four Amplatzer septal occluder devices. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography imaging contributed not only to the therapeutic guidance of successful device deployment but also to the decision making for the staged device delivery approach in a case of morphologically complex multiple ASDs.

