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Percutaneous transcatheter snare vegetectomy in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2016

I. Levent Saltık ,
Sezen U. Atik  and
Ayşe G. Eroglu
I. Levent Saltık
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Sezen U. Atik*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Ayşe G. Eroglu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: Professor S. U. Atik, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, 30210 İstanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 506 367 2188; Fax: +90 212 632 0050; E-mail: sezenugan@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Surgical vegetectomy may be indicated in patients with unresolving sepsis, heart failure, recurrent embolism, or the presence of large vegetations >10 mm in size. Percutaneous vegetectomy using a snare may be a reasonable option instead of open-heart surgery in selected patients. We describe the case of a patient with operated tetralogy of Fallot and infective endocarditis who underwent vegetectomy via a percutaneous approach.

Keywords

Infective endocarditisvegetationpercutaneoussnare vegetectomy
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 2016 , pp. 824 - 826
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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