Unexpected difficulty during transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect associated with right aortic arch

• Main Authors: Nageswara Rao Koneti (Author), Abhijeet Shelke (Author), Srinivasa Kumar Arramraj (Author), Raghava Raju Penumatsa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Right aortic arch (RAA) associated with isolated atrial septal defect (ASD) is very rare. We report successful closure of ASD associated with RAA using a 26-mm atrial septal occluder in a 30-year-old male patient. The impingement of right descending aorta in RAA caused malposition of the device in t...