Abstract
A 69-year-old woman presented to the emergency department for symptoms
of acute right heart failure including progressive exertional dyspnea
and limbs weakness. She underwent percutaneous transcatheter closure of
a secundum ASD through femoral vein eight months before. Transthoracic
echocardiography (TTE) revealed severe tricuspid regurgitation and the
migrated ASD device (Figure 1), we performed a safe procedure to
retrieve the migrated device by deploying from a sheath. Postoperative
vital signs were stable and the patient was discharged for home without
symptoms of right heart failure. At the follow up one month later, TTE
revealed no significant residual leaks at the ASD level, and no dyspnea
or weakness was found.
KEYWORDS: Atrial septal defect;Device embolization;Surgical
retrieval