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congenital heart disease in adults, complications adult cath/intervention, patent foramen ovale/atrial septal defect, cardiac perforation, device closure, complications, lead, tamponade, occluder, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, CARDIAC PERFORATION, DEVICE CLOSURE, COMPLICATIONS, TAMPONADE, Aged, Cardiac Catheterization, Female, Heart Atria, Heart Rupture, Heart Septal Defects, Atrial, Humans, Pacemaker, Artificial, Prostheses and Implants, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology

Abstract:

We report a remarkable case of right atrial rupture, 3 years after transcatheter closure of a secundum atrial septal defect, and 7 months after permanent transvenous two-chamber pacemaker implantation. The etiology of the rupture remains unclear, but the presence of the two intracardiac devices is probably not coincidental. (C) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.