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Long-term outcomes of device closure of very large secundum atrial septal defects: a comparison of transcatheter vs intraoperative approaches.
Clin Cardiol
October 2012
Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University and Fujian Institute of Coronary Artery Disease, Fuzhou, China.
Background: Transcatheter device closure (TCDC) and intraoperative device closure (IODC) have emerged as minimally invasive methods in the treatment of secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs), but the long-term safety and efficacy remains uncertain for the large ASDs.
Hypothesis: TCDC may be as safe and efficacious as IODC for closure of large ASDs in terms of long-term clinical outcomes.
Methods: Ninety-two patients who had ASDs with a defect diameter of ≥30 mm were included in this study.