Late cardiac perforation following transcatheter atrial septal defect closure Ourania Preventza, MD, Sridhar Sampath-Kumar, MD, John Wasnick, MD, Jeffrey P Gold, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 77, Issue 4, Pages 1435-1437 (April 2004) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00901-9
Fig 1 In vitro model of the deployed Amplatzer atrial septal defect occlusion device (Amplatzer Septal Occluder; AGA Medical, Golden Valley, MN) demonstrating the exposed wire mesh. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1435-1437DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00901-9)
Fig 2 Apical transthoracic echocardiogram frame illustrating the Amplatzer Septal Occluder (thin arrow; AGA Medical, Golden Valley, MN) and deep biatrial compression (heavy arrows) due to the tamponade physiology. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 77, 1435-1437DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00901-9)