Mammoth interatrial septal aneurysm in the ICE age

BACKGROUND: Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is a useful imaging modality that is now being used more widely to assist in the percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovales (PFO). CASE PRESENTATION: A 42 year old lady with a history of transient ischaemic attacks an...

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Autores principales: Bhindi, Ravinay, Timperley, John, Ormerod, Oliver J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central|1 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17894880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-5-30
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is a useful imaging modality that is now being used more widely to assist in the percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovales (PFO). CASE PRESENTATION: A 42 year old lady with a history of transient ischaemic attacks and migraine underwent percutaneous closure of an ASD. Intraprocedural ICE demonstrated a mammoth billowing multiperforated interatrial septal aneurysm in association with a secondum ASD. CONCLUSION: ICE provides excellent adjuvant imaging during percutaneous closure of intracardiac shunts, in this case demonstrating a 'mammoth' interatrial septal aneurysm.

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