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. 2018 Dec;70(4):249-253.
doi: 10.1016/j.ehj.2018.09.003. Epub 2018 Sep 17.

Short-term outcomes after surgical versus trans catheter closure of atrial septal defects; a study from Iran

Behnam Askari  1 , Hamid Soraya  2 , Nasim Ayremlu  1 , Mitra Golmohammadi  3
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Short-term outcomes after surgical versus trans catheter closure of atrial septal defects; a study from Iran

Behnam Askari et al. Egypt Heart J. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) accounts for 10% of congenital cardiac defects. The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the short-term outcomes of surgical versus trans catheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect.

Methods: This is a single-center retrospective cohort study in patients who had surgical or trans catheter ASD closure. ASD closure outcomes such as hospital cost, length of hospital and ICU stay, residual ASDs, complications, readmission, hospital and three month mortality were recorded and compared.

Results: Between March 2010 and March 2016, total of 102 secundum ASD patients were treated in our center (71 patients surgical ASD closure and 31 patients trans catheter ASD closure). About 13.9% of patients (5/36) in the device group had failed procedural attempt for various reasons and these patients underwent surgery closure. Complete closure was observed in 26 of 31 patients (83.9%) in the device group and in 70 of 71 patients in the surgery group (98.6%). The mean length of hospital stay was 5.56 days for surgical group and 2.06 days for device group. The procedure cost for surgery was found to be 5.7% lower than trans catheter closure (patient payment). The complication rates were 18.3% for surgical group and 25.8% for the device group. Readmission after discharge was more common in surgery group (11.2 vs 6.4%). Hospital and three months mortality in both groups were zero.

Conclusions: Both trans catheter and surgical procedure are good methods of successful ASD closure. Considering that the surgical group patients were higher risk patients, mean total hospital cost of patient's procedures were significantly higher in device closure group, failed intervention rate and residual ASD were more common in device group and complications of device group were more serious; thus, appropriate patient selection is an important factor for successful device closure.

Keywords: ASD; Complications of ASD closure; Results of ASD closure; Surgical closure of ASD; Trans catheter closure of ASD.

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