Badanie obserwacyjne: Atrial Septal Defect

Kryteria wyłączenia kto nie może wziąć udziału (7)

1. Patients who have extensive congenital cardiac anomaly which can only be adequately repaired by cardiac surgery.
2. Patients who have sepsis within one month prior to implantation, or any systemic infection that can't be successfully treated prior to device placement.
3. Patients known to have a bleeding disorder, untreated ulcer or any other contraindications to aspirin therapy, unless another anti-platelet agent can be administered for 6 months.
4. Patients who have demonstrated intra-cardiac thrombi on echocardiography (especially left atrial or left atrial appendage thrombi).
5. Patients whose size (i.e., too small to tolerate TEE probe, catheter size, etc.) or condition (active infection, etc.) would cause the patient to be a poor candidate for cardiac catheterization.
6. Patients where the margins of the defect are less than 5mm from the coronary sinus, AV valves or right upper lobe pulmonary vein.
7. Patients did not conduct any follow up visit after hospital discharge.