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European Heart Journal 2007 28(3):309; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl200
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Failed Amplatzer Septal Occluder device implantation due to an embryonic septal remnant

Gianluca Rigatelli1,*, Gabriele Braggion1, Paolo Cardaioli1 and Giuseppe Faggian2

1 Interventional Cardiology Unit, Division of Cardiology, Rovigo General Hospital, Italy
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Verona University Medical School, Verona, Italy

* Corresponding author: EndoCardioVascular Therapy Research, Via WA Mozart 9, 37040 Legnago, Verona, Italy. Tel: +39 03471912016; fax: +39 044220164. E-mail address: jackyheart@hotmail.com

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Embryonic remnants of incomplete septation may complicate occlusion device implantation in secundum atrial septal defects (sASD) even if stiff devices such as the Amplatzer Occluder are used.

A 35-year-old woman was referred to our center for evaluation of a sASD. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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