Journal
HEART AND VESSELS
Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 704-709Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-020-01739-1
Keywords
Atrial septal defect; Transcatheter closure; Amplatzer septal occluder; Occlutech figulla flex II
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This study compared the efficacy and safety of FFII with ASO for transcatheter ASD closure and found that FFII was more commonly used in patients with high-risk ASD morphology. However, there was no significant difference in procedural complications or efficacy between the two groups.
Few studies have reported the efficacy of Occlutech Figulla Flex II (FFII) device compared with Amplatzer Septal Occluder (ASO) device. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of FFII compared with ASO for transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure. We retrospectively evaluated 190 patients using FFII and 190 patients using ASO who underwent transcatheter ASD closure. ASD characteristics were evaluated by transesophageal echocardiography. The prevalence of procedural complications, including erosion, device embolization, stroke, and new-onset atrial arrhythmia, and the presence of a residual shunt were evaluated between the two groups during 12-month follow-up. FFII was used more frequently than ASO in patients with a deficient aortic rim or septal malalignment (P = 0.02, P < 0.01, respectively). The procedural complications of erosion, device embolization, and stroke did not occur in any patients. New-onset atrial arrhythmia occurred in 3 patients of the FFII group and 4 patients of the ASO group, and the difference between the two groups was not significant (P = 0.70). A large residual shunt (>= 3 mm) was observed in 6 patients of the FFII group and 5 patients of the ASO group, and the difference between the two groups was not significant (P = 0.76). FFII was used frequently in patients with high-risk ASD morphology; however, there was no difference in the prevalence of procedural complications or efficacy between patients using FFII and those using ASO.
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