Hemodynamic Changes After Wire Frame Occluders vs. Metal Mesh Devices for Atrial Septal Defect

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 89; no. 7; pp. 930 - 938
• Main Authors: Akagi, Teiji, Takaya, Yoichi, Nakayama, Rie, Nakashima, Mitsutaka, Nakamura, Kazufumi, Yuasa, Shinsuke, Nakagawa, Koji, Ejiri, Kentaro, Miki, Takashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 25.06.2025; 一般社団法人 日本循環器学会
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Amplatzer septal occluder; Female; GORE® CARDIOFORM ASD occluder; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - blood; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - physiopathology; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - surgery; Hemodynamics; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Occlutech Figulla Flex II; Retrospective Studies; Septal Occluder Device; Transcatheter atrial septal defect closure; GORE® CARDIOFORM ASD occluder; Amplatzer septal occluder; Transcatheter atrial septal defect closure; Occlutech Figulla Flex II
• ISSN: 1346-9843; 1347-4820; 1347-4820
• DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-24-0966

Background: Transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is the first treatment option for secundum ASD, but parameters for optimal device selection have not been established. We compared outcomes between occluders with a wire frame and metal mesh devices.Methods and Results: This study included secundum ASD patients implanted with a wire frame occluder (GORE®CARDIOFORM ASD occluder [GCA]; W.L. Gore & Associates) or metal mesh devices (Amplatzer septal occluder device [Abbott] and Occlutech Figulla Flex II device [Occlutech]). The presence of residual shunt and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels after implantation were compared. Of the 970 patients with either GCA (n=48) or a metal mesh device (n=922; control), 42 patients from each group were analyzed after propensity score matching. The prevalence of residual shunt was significantly lower in the GCA group 1 day and 1 month after implantation (P<0.001 and P=0.017, respectively), whereas there was no significant difference between the 2 groups 6 months later (P=0.088). BNP levels at 1 month were significantly higher in the GCA group (ratio of change 1.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.83), but did not differ significantly between the 2 groups at 6 months (ratio of change 1.04; 95% CI 0.65–1.65).Conclusions: Patients implanted with a wire frame occluder had a lower prevalence of residual shunt and a greater increase in BNP levels in the early period after implantation.