Transjugular closure of a two-hole atrial septal defect in a child with iliac vein thrombosis

• Main Authors: Osman Baspinar, Khaleel Ibrahim Al-Hadidy, Mehmet Kervancioglu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
• Series: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
• Subjects: Device closure; percutaneous atrial septal defect closure; transjugular access
• Online Access: http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2013;volume=6;issue=2;spage=185;epage=187;aulast=Baspinar

The internal jugular vein is not a typical vascular access line during the percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect. We report the closure of a double atrial septal defect with a single device, using a transjugular venous approach, in a child with an inferior vena cava obstructed by a thrombosis due to previous cardiac catheterization. That the transjugular venous approach can be used as a possible alternative during the transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect in children, when the inferior vena cava access is not possible.