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Amplatzer Vascular Plug closure of an iatrogenic interatrial tunnel-type communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2023

Emily King ,
Alvaro Galindo  and
Abraham Rothman Open the ORCID record for Abraham Rothman [Opens in a new window]
Emily King
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Alvaro Galindo
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Abraham Rothman*
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, Las Vegas, NV, USA
*
Corresponding author: Abraham Rothman; Email: arothman@chcnv.org
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Abstract

A 50-year-old woman who had atrial septal defect surgery at 11 months old underwent ascending aortic aneurysm resection and two attempts at closure of a residual atrial septal defect. Post-operatively, she had severe cyanosis. She was referred to our centre where a transesophageal echocardiogram and cardiac catheterisation showed an iatrogenic interatrial tunnel-type communication that was closed with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug.

Keywords

Amplatzer Vascular Plugcyanosisinteratrial tunnel
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , February 2024 , pp. 439 - 441
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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