Objectives: To determine in paediatric patients with atrial septal defects whether differences in P wave dispersion occurred with transcatheter closures using the
Amplatzer septal occluder.
Intracardiac or transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is essential for percutaneous closure of ASD using
Amplatzer septal occluder. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) which is a highly selective a -agonist has sedative and analgesic properties without respiratory depression in the clinical dose range.
Doctors closed the hole by using the
Amplatzer Septal Occluder, a relatively new non-surgical technique.
Amplatzer septal occluder and Amplatzer cardiac plug
Amplatzer septal occluder (ASO) is one of the most popular devices for transcatheter closure of atrial secundum defect (Thanopoulos et al., 1998).
The
AMPLATZER Septal Occluder is currently marketed in over 90 countries worldwide.
The high-tech titanium device, called an
Amplatzer Septal Occluder, looks like a yo-yo and can stretch, swell, and position itself to plug a hole in the heart.
W Cheng, "Retrieval of an embolized
amplatzer septal occluder," Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, vol.
Cardiac dysrhythmias in pediatric patients before and 1 year after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects using the
amplatzer septal occluder. Pediatr Cardiol 2003;24:259-62.
Long-term follow up of secundum atrial septal defect closure with the
amplatzer septal occluder. Congenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 32-7.
Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial defects using the new self-centering
Amplatzer septal occluder. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1997; 42:388-93.
Amplatzer septal occluder was used in 94.3% and Occlutech Figulla septal occluder was used in 5.7% of patients.
