Percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect has been increasingly used, and complications have been rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old man who had undergone endovascular closure of a secundum atrial septal defect months earlier. The occluder was later found in the abdominal aorta.
Migration of an AMPLATZER atrial septal occluder to the abdominal aorta
Viazzo, Andrea;Beqaraj, Federico;Gibello, Lorenzo;Santovito, Davide;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect has been increasingly used, and complications have been rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old man who had undergone endovascular closure of a secundum atrial septal defect months earlier. The occluder was later found in the abdominal aorta.
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