Never fail to surveil! Transcatheter closure of recurrent atrial septal defect secondary to patch degradation in a young boy
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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
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Sriram Veeraraghavan1, Bharath Raj Kidambi1, Narendhiran Pandurangan1
1Department of Cardiology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM Nagar, Potheri, Chengalpattu 603203, TN, India.
Cardiology in the Young
|June 30, 2022
Abstract:
We report a case of a 16-year-old boy with symptomatic recurrent atrial septal defect due to patch degradation of an autologous pericardial patch, done 10 years back. He successfully underwent transcatheter closure of the recurrent defect after meticulous assessment of patch rims for stability.
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