• Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Jul 2007

    Case Reports

    Port-a-Cath perforation of the right atrium closed with an amplatzer ASD occluder.

    • Sunil Wani, Florian Dick, and Bernhard Meier.
    • Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
    • Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Jul 1; 70 (1): 57-9.

    AbstractRight atrial perforation can lead to tamponade and death. Closure devices are used for sealing of shunts in the heart. We describe an indwelling catheter that caused perforation of the right atrium and was treated with a percutaneous closure device.(c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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