Catheter closure of atrial septal defect in anatomically corrected malposition with left juxtaposition of the atrial appendages using intracardiac echocardiography

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 272 - 275
• Main Authors: Bendaly, Edgard A., Hoyer, Mark H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple; Atrial Appendage - abnormalities; Atrial Appendage - diagnostic imaging; Cardiac Catheterization - instrumentation; congenital heart disease in adults; diagnostic cardiac catheterization; Female; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - complications; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - diagnostic imaging; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - therapy; Humans; intracardiac echo; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Middle Aged; patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect; Septal Occluder Device; Transposition of Great Vessels - complications; Transposition of Great Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasonography, Interventional
• ISSN: 1522-1946; 1522-726X
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22943

Anatomically corrected malposition is characterized by abnormally related great vessels and atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial concordance. It is often associated with juxtaposition of the atrial appendages where the plane of the atrial septum is abnormally oriented. We describe the device closure of an atrial septal defect in a patient with such a lesion under intracardiac echocardiography guidance. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.