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Transcatheter umbrella closure of aorto-pulmonary window
1Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
|May 1, 1997
Abstract:
Aorto-pulmonary window (aorto-pulmonary septal defect) is an uncommon congenital cardiac malformation which is repaired using cardiopulmonary bypass. A case is described of an infant with a small aorto-pulmonary window which was closed by transcatheter insertion of a double umbrella device. Complete occlusion of the defect was achieved without complications. Transcatheter umbrella closure of a small aorto-pulmonary window is feasible in infancy and the technique is likely to be applicable in a few cases.