• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Feb 2010

    Case Reports

    Failed closure of a ventricular septal defect with an Amplatzer occluder.

    • Jens Wippermann, Uta C Hoppe, Narayanswami Sreeram, and Thorsten Wahlers.
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany. jens.wippermann@uk-koeln.de
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb 1; 10 (2): 320-1.

    AbstractA 74-year-old man was diagnosed to have a ventricular septal defect (VSD), which was detected shortly following transvenous pacemaker implantation. Transoesophageal echocardiography suggested the presence of two VSDs, one of which was closed with a device. At surgery, a single large VSD was seen, with the implanted device having embolised into the left ventricle. The defect was successfully closed using a pericardial patch, and the embolised device explanted.

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