The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)

Clinical research

Primary transcatheter closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defects with the Amplatzer septal occluder - immediate results and up-to 5 years follow-up

EuroIntervention 2005;1:43-47 - DOI10.4244/EIJV1I1A04.

Marcin Demkow
M. Demkow1, MD; W. Ruzyllo1, MD, FESC; C. Kepka1, MD; Z. Chmielak1, MD; M. Konka2, MD; Z. Dzielinska1, MD; J. Wilczynski3, MD; Z. Juraszynski3, MD
The Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Aim: To report the periprocedural and long-term results of using the Amplatzer septal occluder for primary closure of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defects.