Amplatzer Septal Occluder Closure of Atrial Septal Defect: Evaluation of Transthoracic Echocardiography, Cardiac CT, and Transesophageal Echocardiography

摘要: OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to compare transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), cardiac CT, and transesophageal (TEE) in the evaluation secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) for closure with an Amplatzer occluder pediatric patients.SUBJECTS AND METHODS. cases 28 children ASD initially diagnosed TTE who were scheduled CT insertion under TEE guidance reviewed. patients divided into a group small (long axis < 1.5 cm) large ≥ cm). Measurements obtained at TTE, compared. Kappa statistics used correlate diagnostic value assessed by two independent reviewers.RESULTS. After six excluded from implantation; therefore, 22 (seven boys, 15 girls; mean age, 4.95 years; range, 2–11 years) included study. There no significant ...