Amplatzer Vascular Plug closure of an iatrogenic interatrial tunnel-type communication
Emily King1, Alvaro Galindo2,3, Abraham Rothman2,3
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Cardiology in the Young
|December 13, 2023
Abstract:
A 50-year-old woman who had atrial septal defect surgery at 11 months old underwent ascending aortic aneurysm resection and two attempts at closure of a residual atrial septal defect. Post-operatively, she had severe cyanosis. She was referred to our centre where a transesophageal echocardiogram and cardiac catheterisation showed an iatrogenic interatrial tunnel-type communication that was closed with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug.


