Amplatzer Device Embolization Of The Pulmonary Artery

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Amplatzer is a device used to close additional openings in the heart. It is commonly used in atrial septal defect type 2 treatment. The main advantage of this method is its small invasiveness comparing to the open heart surgeries. The following video presents a case of 17 years old male patient admitted to the Cardiology department with orthopnea. He had a secundum type atrial septal defect which had been closed with an Amplatzer device 40 days ago. At the one month follow up examination, he was all right with no symptoms or signs of dislocation of the device. Upon his admission, transthoracic echocardiography revealed the dislocation of the device so that it had migrated to the pulmonary artery bifurcation, occluding the left pulmonary artery. In an open heart surgery, the device was removed and atrial septal defect was closed. Presented by dr Murat Güçlü Elevli.

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