Singhi Anil Kumar, Mahesh Kappanayil, Kumar R Krishna
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jan;3(1):90-1. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.64359.
Pulmonary edema after device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is a rare complication. We present illustrative images of a case of pulmonary edema after device closure of ASD in a 53 year old adult. Older patients undergoing ASD closure can benefit from their left atrial and left ventricular end diastolic pressures measurement before and after temporary balloon occlusion of ASD.
房间隔缺损(ASD)封堵术后肺水肿是一种罕见的并发症。我们展示了一名53岁成年人ASD封堵术后肺水肿病例的影像学图片。老年患者在ASD临时球囊封堵前后测量左心房和左心室舒张末期压力,可能会从中受益。