Transcatheter Device Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defect ( Asd ) in Young Children (original) (raw)

2014

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the safety and efficacy of device closure of secundum atrial septal defect in children ≤ 5 years of age. Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology / National Institute of Heart Diseases Rawalpindi, Pakistan from Dec 2010 Dec 2012. Patients and Method: Forty eight patients ≤ 5 years of age underwent transcatheter closure of secundum ASD during two years. All patients were evaluated with 2-D echocardiography before the procedure. The sizing balloon was used in 6% and general anaesthesia was given in 83% (n=40) of patients. Results: Ninety seven point nine percent (47/48) had successful closure of ASD. The mean age was 4.1 ± .68 years (range 2.5-5 years) and 58.4% (28/48) were females. The defect size and occluders used were between 5-20 mm (mean 12 ± 3.5) and 8-22 mm (mean 15 ± 3.9) respectively, three patients had simultaneous procedures including pulmonary valvuloplasty i...

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