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  • Title: Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defect using detachable steel coil.
    Author: Kalra GS, Verma PK, Singh S, Arora R.
    Journal: Heart; 1999 Sep; 82(3):395-6. PubMed ID: 10455098.
    Abstract:
    Transcatheter closure has been attempted in selected cases of ventricular septal defects using Lock clamshell device, Rashkind umbrella device, and Sideris buttoned device. A small perimembranous ventricular septal defect with aneurysm of membranous septum in a 12 year old girl was closed successfully with a detachable steel coil of 8 mm diameter with four loops, after failure of deployment of a Rashkind double umbrella device.
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