• Title of article

    Accidental sizing of patent foramen ovale during atrial septal defect sizing for device

  • Author/Authors

    N. Krishnakumar، نويسنده , , S. Sivasankaran، نويسنده , , S. Harikrishnan، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    40
  • To page
    41
  • Abstract
    A 21 year old lady with a 22 mm secundum atrial septal defect with adequate rims, and thin septum at the region of the fossa ovalis, but no additional atrial septal defect by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiogram was taken up for ASD sizing with a view to device closure. Initially, the ASD was sized to only 8 mm. However, the distal balloon was not fully opened out, and seemed to be conical with restricted opening. Inadvertent passage of sizing balloon through a patent formen ovale(PFO) was immediately confirmed by transthoracic echocardiogram. The ASD was then recrossed and sized to 24 mm with normal opening out of the distal balloon. This was confirmed by transthoracic echocardiogram. A 28 mm ASD device was deployed across the ASD under transthoracic echocardiographic guidance with no residual flow.
  • Keywords
    Patent foramen ovale , Atrial septal defect sizing , Atrial septal defect device
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    827207