An Unusual Complication of the Ventricular Septal Defect Closure by Device: Late Right Aortic Cusp Perforation

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Topçuoğlu M. Ş., Atalay A., Göçen U., Guzel Y., Baştürk Y., Demir F.

HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION, vol.24, no.7, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.hlc.2014.11.010
  • Journal Name: HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aortic regurgitation (AR) is a rare complication of transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (pmVSD). It results from iatrogenic pinching of the aortic valve by the VSD occluder or perforation by the catheter. It is usually detected during control echocardiography (ECHO). The current study reports the first case of a late AR, which resulted from late right coronary cusp perforation by the VSD occluder.