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De Novo Thrombus on an Atrial Septal Defect Device 3 Years After Its Implantation

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The secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is noted to occur in 1 per 1,500 live births and is the fourth most common congenital heart defect (CHD) [Anzai et al. in Am J Cardiol 93:426–431, 2004]. Early complications with percutaneous closure of secundum ASDs include device malposition and embolization, arrhythmias (primarily atrial fibrillation), pericardial effusion, residual shunt, and thrombus development on the left atrial disk [Chessa et al. in J Am Coll Cardiol 39:1061–1065, 2002, Co-Burn and William in Moss and Adams’ Heart disease in infants, children and adolescents including fetus and young adults. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995]. We present a patient with a very late complication of device thrombus after percutaneous secundum ASD device closure.

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  1. The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6221 Fannin St. MC-19345-C, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Olawale O. Olabiyi & Wayne J. Franklin

  2. Section of Congenital Heart Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6221 Fannin St. MC-19345-C, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    David L. S. Morales

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Olabiyi, O.O., Morales, D.L.S. & Franklin, W.J. De Novo Thrombus on an Atrial Septal Defect Device 3 Years After Its Implantation. Pediatr Cardiol 34, 1269–1271 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0379-4

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