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A 29 year old woman with NYHA functional class II and large secundum type atrial septal defect (ASD) underwent successfully percutaneous ASD closure with Figula ASD occluder (no. 30) without any peri-procedural complication. After 2 days she underwent transthoracic echocardiography and a large hypo-echoic mass was seen on left atrial side of implanted device in multiple views, suggestive of thrombosis or echocardiographic beam width artifact? A diagnostic enigma!
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Kyavar, M., Sadeghpour, A., Alizadehasl, A. et al. Thrombosis on implanted device for atrial septal defect closure or echocardiographic beam width artifact? a diagnostic enigma!. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 28, 1851–1852 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-012-0033-5
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