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Case Reports

Metal Allergy to Amplatzer Occluder Device Presented as Severe Bronchospasm

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
^b Intermountain Heart and Lung Surgical, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah

Accepted for publication May 14, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Khodaverdian, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah, 3C127 30 N Medical Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84132 (Email: rkhoda{at}yahoo.com).

Percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect has become increasingly popular among interventional cardiologists. With this relatively new technology being more widespread, it is important to acknowledge any device-related complications. We report a case of severe bronchospasm secondary to a metal allergy after an atrial septal defect device closure requiring device removal.