Why the study?
Do malattached septum primum and deficient septal rims predict unsuccessful transcatheter closure of atrial communications in patients with ASD or PFO?
Population
328 patients scheduled for percutaneous secundum atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale closure…
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MASP may flag higher transcatheter failure risk preprocedurally; leaves open prospective validation before changing selection.
Do malattached septum primum and deficient septal rims predict unsuccessful transcatheter closure of atrial communications in patients with ASD or PFO?
Malattached septum primum, along with smaller retroaortic and inferior rims, are independent echocardiographic predictors of unsuccessful transcatheter ASD closure.
Ostermayer et al. (2015) studied this question.
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