Transcatheter closure of apical ventricular muscular septal defect combined with arterial switch operation in a newborn infant

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2000 Feb;49(2):173-6. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200002)49:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-q.

Abstract

This report describes a case of transposition of the great arteries and apical muscular ventricular septal defect in a newborn infant successfully treated by transcatheter closure of the septal defect with the Amplatzer duct occluder device followed by an arterial-switch operation within the first 2 weeks of life. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:173-176, 2000.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*