Experience of transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect in a tertiary care institute.

Objective: To share institutional experience of transcatheter device closure of secundum atrial septal defect in children and adults.

Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Multan, Pakistan, from February 2011 to September 2019, and comprised patients with moderate to large secundum atrial septal defect without severe pulmonary hypertension. All procedures were performed under general anaesthesia and trans-oesophageal echo guidance.

Comparison of effectiveness and cost of patent ductus arteriosus device occlusion versus surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus.

Objectives: Comparison of effectiveness and cost of transcatheter occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with surgical ligation of PDA.

Methods: This retrospective comparative study was conducted in the pediatric cardiology department of Ch. Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology Multan, Pakistan.

Subclinical valvulitis in children with acute rheumatic Fever.

Doppler echocardiography facility is now available in most parts of the world and its routine use for the initial diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) might enhance its early detection and, hence, prevention of rheumatic recurrences. To add to the existing evidence and to reemphasize the need of including echocardiography as a diagnostic criterion for ARF, we investigated the pattern and prevalence of subclinical valvulitis by Doppler echocardiography in patients with ARF manifesting as either pure chorea or isolated arthritis but without clinical signs of carditis. This prospective study was carried out in a single center over a period of 6 months (June to December 2006).