Availability of percutaneous closure for an adult population with interatrial shunts

Cardiology. 2003;99(2):85-9. doi: 10.1159/000069730.

Abstract

Objectives: To report the availability of percutaneous closure for an adult population with interatrial septal defects.

Methods: Observational study with 66 consecutive patients referred to a tertiary center for evaluation of the possibility of percutaneous closure. The patients were selected initially after review of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and finally after heart catheterization.

Results: Out of 66 patients, 50 were selected after the review of TEE and 38 of them were selected after catheterization; all of the 38 were effectively closed.

Conclusion: Percutaneous closure is possible and can be carried out safely in a majority of the adult population with interatrial shunts.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Balloon Occlusion
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / statistics & numerical data
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Health Services Accessibility*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Selection
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Sweden
  • Treatment Outcome