Fluoroscopy-free Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure: A Simplified Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

To provide an overview of fluoroscopy-free transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure and introduce a simplified approach that avoids pulmonary vein instrumentation.

Recent findings

Since the first reported fluoroscopy-free ASD closure 24 years ago, only a few small series have described this technique. We present a simplified and less cumbersome approach to encourage wider adoption of the fluoroscopy-free method to suitable ASD anatomy.

Results

Fluoroscopy free ASD closure was performed in 9 patients using the conventional technique (Group 1) and 23 patients using our simplified approach of direct placement of the device into the defect (Group 2). Median age and weight were 28 years, 53 kg in Group 1 (range: 5-52 years, 22-88 kg) and 36 years,

SUBMITTER: Lwin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11839779 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature