Key result
Transcatheter closure using Cardio-O-Fix occluders successfully achieved complete closure of unwanted left-to-right shunts in two rare cases.
Why the study?
Can Cardio-O-Fix occluders be used for transcatheter closure of rare left-to-right shunts such as aorto-pulmonary window and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm?
Case Report (n=2)
Can Cardio-O-Fix occluders be used for transcatheter closure of rare left-to-right shunts such as aorto-pulmonary window and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm?
Transcatheter closure using Cardio-O-Fix occluders is feasible and effective for rare left-to-right shunts like aorto-pulmonary window and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm.
Supports feasibility for rare shunts; leaves open broader safety and efficacy in prospective studies.
We present two procedures of transcatheter closure: that of an aorto-pulmonary window in a 12-month-old infant with a body weight of 7 kilograms, and that of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the right atrium in an adult patient. In the first case, we applied the muscular ventricular septal defect Cardio-O-Fix, while in the other we applied the patent ductus arteriosus Cardio-O-Fix occluder. The procedures were successful in both patients, and we achieved complete closure of the unwanted shunts.
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Białkowski et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Left-to-right shunt (aorto-pulmonary window and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm) (n=2). Transcatheter closure using Cardio-O-Fix occluders was evaluated on Procedural success and complete closure of shunts. Transcatheter closure using Cardio-O-Fix occluders successfully achieved complete closure of unwanted left-to-right shunts in two rare cases.
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