Nit-Occlud atrial septal defect occluder device: Histological characterisation of the healing process

Elodie Perdreau; Zakaria Jalal; Matthias Sigler

doi:10.1017/S1047951121000986

Nit-Occlud atrial septal defect occluder device: Histological characterisation of the healing process

Cardiol Young. 2021 Jun;31(6):1017-1018. doi: 10.1017/S1047951121000986. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Authors

Elodie Perdreau^{1

2

3}, Zakaria Jalal^{1

2

3

4}, Matthias Sigler⁵

Affiliations

¹ IHU Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, F-33600 Pessac-Bordeaux, France.
² Université de Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, F-33000, Bordeaux, France.
³ INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, U1045, F-33000 Bordeaux, France.
⁴ Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Unit, F-33600 Pessac, France.
⁵ Georg-August University, Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Göttingen, Germany.

PMID: 33757618
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121000986

Abstract

We describe the healing process following transcatheter implantation of the Nit-Occlud ASD-R occluder (PFM medical, Cologne, Germany) for atrial septal defect closure in a sheep model with histological confirmation of neotissue formation covering the device.

Keywords: Healing process; atrial septal defect occluder device; histology.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cardiac Catheterization
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial* / surgery
Prosthesis Design
Septal Occluder Device*
Sheep
Treatment Outcome