Abstract

GARCIA-MONTES, José Antonio et al. Percutaneous closure of ductus arteriosus and muscular ventricular defect with Amplatzer occluder in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2005, vol.75, n.3, pp.320-326. ISSN 1665-1731.

Surgical treatment of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects with associated lesions and severe pulmonary hypertension has a high morbility and mortality. Closure of these defects by the Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder is an alternative to surgery, avoiding the need of cardiopulmonary bypass. We present the case of a 38 year-old woman with signs of heart failure in NYHA functional class IV, with two muscular ventricular septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus and severe pulmonary hypertension, that were treated with three Amplatzer muscular VSD occluders, with significant reduction of pulmonary pressure and functional class improvement.

Keywords : Ventricular septal defect; Amplatzer device; Pulmonary hypertension.