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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:319-321. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.043
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Emergent Surgical Retrieval of Embolized Atrial Septal Defect Closure Device

Christopher J. Knott-Craig, MDa,*, Steven P. Goldberg, MDb

a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Accepted for publication March 15, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr Knott-Craig, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 716 Ziegler Research Building, 703 19th St S, Birmingham, AL 35294 (Email: ckc{at}uab.edu).

We present a case of an atrial septal defect closure device that embolized to the aortic valve and left main coronary artery ostium, which required emergent surgical retrieval in an unstable child.




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