Alarm!!! A UFO inside the heart

作者:Santoro Giuseppe*; Castaldi Biagio; Iacono Carola; Giugno Luca; Gaio Gianpiero; Russo Maria G
来源:Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2012, 13(10): 645-647.
DOI:10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356a529

摘要

An 8-year-old asymptomatic child was referred for surgical repair of coronary sinus atrial septal defect resulting in significant left-to-right shunt and right chamber volume overload. The septal fenestration was located near to its drainage site into the right atrium. Due to this seemingly favourable anatomy, transcatheter closure of the septal defect was performed using an Amplatzer Septal Occluder device. The echocardiographic postprocedural evaluation imaged the occluding device almost perpendicular to the atrial septum, seemingly floating above the mitral valve orifice, like an alien spaceship inside the heart.

  • 出版日期2012-10

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