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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20988
Transcatheter closure of the aortopulmonary window in a three-month-old infant with a symmetric membranous ventricular septal defect occluder device
Ayşe Yıldırım1, Abdullah Erdem2, Aysu Türkmen Karaağaç3
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medipol University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
3Department of Pediatric, University of Health Sciences Kartal Koşuyolu Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2021.20988
Although most of aortopulmonary window cases are closed
surgically, percutaneous closure can be also used in suitable
patients. Defects which are far from the pulmonary and aortic
valves, coronary artery, and pulmonary artery bifurcation, with
adequate septal rims are considered suitable for percutaneous
closure. A three-month-old male infant weighing 4 kg was referred
to our pediatric cardiology department with the complaints
of fatigue while breastfeeding, difficulty in weight gain, heart
murmur, and respiratory distress. A large aortopulmonary window
(5.3 mm) and left heart chamber dilatation were detected on
echocardiography. The large aortopulmonary window was closed
using a symmetric membranous ventricular septal defect occluder
device. The closure procedure was performed via the antegrade
route without forming an arteriovenous loop. In conclusion, the
use of a symmetric membranous ventricular septal defect device
for closure of large aortopulmonary window seems to be a safe
and effective alternative to surgery in selected infants.
Keywords : Aortopulmonary window, heart failure, infant, transcatheter closure
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