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Transcatheter occlusion of a left ventricular to right atrial communication by an Occlutech duct occluder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2014

Keyhan S. Zanjani  and
Seyed H. Voshtani
Keyhan S. Zanjani*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Seyed H. Voshtani
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Heshmat Cardiovascular Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
*
Correspondence to: Dr K. S. Zanjani, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 62 Dr Gharib St, 14194 Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-912-4949303; Fax: +98-21-66930024; E-mail: sayadpour@tums.ac.ir
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Abstract

Left ventricular to right atrial communication is a rare congenital or acquired heart defect. There are many reports of successful transcatheter closure of this defect. We describe the device closure of one such communication in a 5-year-old girl using the Occlutech duct occluder. We believe that this device may have some advantages over the devices previously used for this purpose.

Keywords

Gerbode defectOcclutech duct occluderdevice closure
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , March 2015 , pp. 588 - 590
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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Footnotes

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All authors contributed substantially to this work, and read and approved the manuscript.

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