Does the technique of interventional closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect reduce the incidence of heart block?

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 271 - 280
• Main Authors: Bentham, James R., Gujral, Arjun, Adwani, Satish, Archer, Nick, Wilson, Neil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Adolescent; Cardiac Catheterization - adverse effects; Cardiac Catheterization - methods; Cardiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Echocardiography, Transesophageal; Heart Block - prevention & control; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - diagnostic imaging; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - therapy; Humans; Medical imaging; Pulmonary arteries; Retrospective Studies; Septal Occluder Device - adverse effects; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; Intervention; transcatheter; paediatric

To describe the difficulties and differing techniques in the transcatheter placement of amplatz ventricular septal defect devices to close perimembranous ventricular septal defects and place these in the context of the expanding literature on ventricular septal defect catheter closure. Surgery remai...