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- Title
Incomplete endothelialisation of an Amplatzer Septal Occluder device followed by meningitis and late acute bacterial endocarditis.
- Authors
Białkowski, Jacek; Pawlak, Szymon; Banaszak, Paweł; Białkowski, Jacek; Banaszak, Paweł
- Abstract
A 19-year-old woman with atrial septal defect treated percutaneously with an Amplatzer Septal Occluder 24 months earlier, who presented with a history of bacterial meningitis, was admitted with a diagnosis of endocarditis. After 6 weeks of treatment with antibiotics, the incompletely endothelialised occluder was surgically removed. The present report illustrates the need for long-term follow-up of patients who have received nitinol wire mesh occluders.
- Subjects
INFECTIVE endocarditis; MENINGITIS; ATRIAL septal defects; ENDOCARDITIS; NICKEL-titanium alloys; ENDOTHELIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL diseases; SURGICAL complications; TIME; ACUTE diseases; BACTERIAL meningitis
- Publication
Cardiology in the Young, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 4, p808
- ISSN
1047-9511
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1047951115002383