Frontiers in Pediatrics (Dec 2019)

Transcatheter Closing Atrial Septal Defect in a Child With Hereditary Spherocytosis

  • Zhixian Ji,
  • Na Liu,
  • Zhanhui Du,
  • Gang Luo,
  • Zhen Bing,
  • Quansheng Xing,
  • Silin Pan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2019.00506
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

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A 3-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital for the correction of atrial septal defect (ASD). Open heart operation with cardiopulmonary bypass is dangerous because the patient also had hereditary spherocytosis, which put her at risk for hemolytic anemia. Therefore, percutaneous transcatheter closure for ASD was chosen and performed successfully, which avoided the erythrocyte damage caused by cardiopulmonary bypass. This is the first time such a case has been reported, and we present an alternative approach for ASD with hereditary spherocytosis.

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