European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on January 24, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(14):1791; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm640
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Percutaneous removal of embolized Amplatzer occluder from the abdominal aorta: a different type of belly-button
1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Regensburg Medical Center
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Barmherzige Brueder Regensburg
3 Department of Cardiology, University of Regensburg Medical Center
* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 9419447410; Fax: +49 9419447402, Email: niels.zorger@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
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A 71-year-old woman was admitted 6 months after placement of an Amplatzer septal occluder because of a secundum ASD. Routine echocardiography failed to identify the device in the correct position.