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Septal Defects: Clinical Concepts, Engineering Applications, and Impact of an Integrated Medico-Engineering Approach: Occluder Devices

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Modelling Congenital Heart Disease

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Atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect are the most common congenital heart diseases. These congenital defects produce a pulmonary blood flow overload with consequent risk of heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. Currently, various percutaneous occluder devices are available to achieve the closure, avoiding a surgical procedure. This chapter is introducing the features of the different occluder devices highlighting their advantages and disadvantages as well as the future perspective of biomedical engineering.

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  3. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Heart Lung Transplantation - ERN GUARD HEART, Bambin Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy

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Giordano, M., Bosi, G., Butera, G. (2022). Septal Defects: Clinical Concepts, Engineering Applications, and Impact of an Integrated Medico-Engineering Approach: Occluder Devices. In: Butera, G., Schievano, S., Biglino, G., McElhinney, D.B. (eds) Modelling Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88892-3_3

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