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Transcatheter occlusion of sinus venosus atrial septal defect – a new therapeutic option?

2020; Linguagem: Inglês

10.31160/jotci202028a20200007

2595-4350

Francisco Chamié, Daniel Peralta, Rômulo Francisco de Almeida Torres, João Carlos Tress, Maximiliano Otero Lacoste,

Cardiac tumors and thrombi

Background Percutaneous treatment for atrial septal defects is utilized worldwide as first-line therapy. Its use is restricted to atrial septal defects localized within the confines of the oval fossa. All other atrial septal communications are, traditionally, submitted to surgery. Sinus venosus atrial septal defect is the second most frequent type of atrial septal defects. The diameters are usually large and thus prone to right heart overload. Besides that, it is difficult to be diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography, and often [...]