Embolization of Atrial Septal Occluder Device into the Pulmonary Artery: A Rare Complication and Usefulness of Live/Real Time Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography |
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| Authors: | Harvinder S. Dod,M.D.,Venkataramana K. Reddy,M.D.,&dagger ,Ravindra Bhardwaj,M.B.B.S.,M.P.H.,Todd Gudausky,M.D.,Bradford E. Warden,M.D.,Robert J. Beto,M.D.,Navin C. Nanda,M.D.,&dagger , Abnash C. Jain,M.D. |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia;, and Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Abstract: | Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) in adults has emerged as an alternative to surgery. We report a rare complication of an atrial septal occluder device embolization into the pulmonary artery which was detected by fluoroscopy and echocardiography. The potential usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the management of patients undergoing percutaneous ASD occlusion is described. |
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| Keywords: | atrial septal occlusion device complication of atrial septal occlusion device two-dimensional echocardiography three-dimensional echocardiography |
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