Transcatheter closure of congenital Gerbode-type ventricular septal defect using the new multifunctional occluder device

Lea Boukaram; Raymond N Haddad; Linda Daou; Zakhia Saliba

doi:10.1111/jocs.15624

Transcatheter closure of congenital Gerbode-type ventricular septal defect using the new multifunctional occluder device

J Card Surg. 2021 Aug;36(8):2986-2988. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15624. Epub 2021 May 21.

Authors

Lea Boukaram¹, Raymond N Haddad², Linda Daou², Zakhia Saliba²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Hotel Dieu de France University Medical Center, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Hotel Dieu de France University Medical Center, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

PMID: 34021626
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15624

Abstract

The KONAR-Multifunctional™ VSD Occluder (MFO) (Lifetech) is one of the most recent additions to the armamentarium of transcatheter therapies. The device offers superior technical features and experienced interventionists having been using it in risky and complex anatomies. Herein, we report the first use of the MFO device to close a congenital Gerbode-type perimembranous ventricular septal defect in an 18-year-old girl. The device was retrogradely implanted into proper position under ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance. Immediate and 12-month-follow-up confirmed successful outcomes with complete shunt closure and resolution of tricuspid regurgitation.

Keywords: Gerbode defect; device closure; multifunctional occluder; ventricular septal defect.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiac Catheterization
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / surgery
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Septal Occluder Device*
Treatment Outcome