European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (Dec 2020)

Late Erosion of Percutaneous ASD Occlusion Device

  • Ronan William Cusack,
  • Gearoid Fitzgerald,
  • Mark Kennedy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12890/2020_002202

Abstract

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Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) is an ever more common treatment modality in selected patients. Device erosion is a rare but often fatal complication of this therapy, which usually presents early in the post-procedure course. We describe the case of a patient presenting with chest pain and shock in whom early recognition and intervention prevented a negative outcome. Awareness of this potentially lethal complication is important as the population of patients undergoing percutaneous procedures for structural heart disease continues to grow.

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