%0 Journal Article
%T Percutaneous trans-jugular vein closure of atrial septal defect with steerable introducer under echocardiographic guidance
%A Chao Yang
%A Guoliang Lu
%A Jian Fang
%A Lunchao Ma
%A Shaobo Xie
%A Shengjie Liao
%A Suhua Kuang
%A Yingyuan Zhang
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2015
%R 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.10.37
%X Percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the main ASD closure approaches (1-3). The percutaneous transcatheter method of ASD closure is performed under X-ray with the potential radial damage. It can be avoided using only the echocardiographic guidance (4,5), but in this method, the patient¡¯s age and the size of the defect were still restricted (6). Transthoracic ASD closure (2,3,7) is a modified method with no radial involvement, no age limit, but wider indications in this decade. However, the transthoracic closure procedure still needs 1-2 cm chest wall incision and operates in the thoracic. So its minimally invasion has been questioned. Since January 2015, the authors have adopted a new method of percutaneous trans-jugular vein closure of ASD with steerable introducer under echocardiographic guidance, which is a good solution to the limitations for above methods and achieved good clinical results
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