Table 5.
Clinical characteristics of nine patients underwent re-intervention
| Characteristic | Patient no | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Age (years) | 1.1 | 5.7 | 17.0 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Course | RCA → RV | LCX → RA | RCA → RV | RCA → LA | LCX → RA | LMCA → RV | LCX → RA | RCA → RV | RCA → RV |
| Type | Proximal | Proximal | Proximal | Distal | Proximal | Proximal | Distal | Distal | Distal |
| Qp/Qs | 1.65 | 1.60 | 1.74 | 1.54 | 1.43 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 1.60 | 1.45 |
| Catheter approach | A-V loop | A-V loop | Antegrade | Antegrade | A-V loop | A-V loop | A-V loop | A-V loop | A-V loop |
| Device used | AVP | VSD occluder | VSD occluder | PDA occluder | VSD occluder | PDA occluder | Coil | PDA occluder | PDA occluder |
| Re-intervention time post-closure | 0.2 days | 3.0 days | 17.0 days | 13.0 days | 6.0 days | 536.0 days | 549.0 days | 6.0 days | 5.0 days |
Reasons for re-intervention for each patient: (1) postoperative myocardial ischemia; (2) large residual fistula; (3) adjacent normal coronary artery branch at 2 mm; (4) intra-operative movable occluder; (5) postoperative occluder embolization and tricuspid valve pro-lapse; (6) postoperative myocardial ischemia and aortic valve pro-lapse; (7) postoperative myocardial ischemia and severe aortic valve regurgitation; (8) intra-operative myocardial ischemia; (9) adjacent normal coronary artery branch at 3 mm
RCA right coronary artery, LMCA left main coronary artery, LCX left circumflex, RA right atrium, RV right ventricular, LA left atrium, AVP Amplatzer vascular plug, A-V loop arterio-venous wire loop, VSD ventricular septal defect, PDA patent ductus arteriosus