Late failure of atrial septal defect occluder device
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Nicolas Floris; Christophe Laruelle; Marie-France Leloux; Spiridon Papadatos; Denis Pieters; François-Pierre Mouthuy
- Source
- Acta cardiologica, Vol. 76, no.6, p. 676-677 (2021)
- Subject
- cardia atriasept/ultrasept
Cardiac Catheterization
medicine.medical_specialty
Septal Occluder Device
business.industry
technology, industry, and agriculture
macromolecular substances
General Medicine
Polyvinyl alcohol
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
digestive system diseases
chemistry.chemical_compound
Treatment Outcome
chemistry
Internal medicine
Atrial septal defect
Cardiology
medicine
Humans
polyvinyl alcohol membrane
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
human activities
- Language
- ISSN
- 0373-7934
0001-5385
Percutaneous device implantation is the method of choice for secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) closure. Some occluder devices use thin polymeric membranes that can undergo unexpected degradation. This can lead to early failure of the implant, typically within weeks or months after implantation. Here we report a case of delayed device failure. [...]