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Transthoracic echocardiogram: apical ventricular septal defect with shunt noted.
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Transthoracic echocardiography (Figures 1 and 2) revealed apical hypokinesis and an apical muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD) measuring approximately 1.6 cm in diameter.
Transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrating ventricular septal defect.
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Transthoracic echocardiography (Figures 1 and 2) revealed apical hypokinesis and an apical muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD) measuring approximately 1.6 cm in diameter.
Left ventriculography: shunt of contrast noted.
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A 16 mm Amplatzer muscular VSD occlude device was deployed (Figures 3 and 4), with transesophageal echocardiography confirming good placement of the device with reduction in the degree of shunting.
Percutaneous transcatheter Amplatzer occluder device inserted across apical ventricular septal defect.
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A 16 mm Amplatzer muscular VSD occlude device was deployed (Figures 3 and 4), with transesophageal echocardiography confirming good placement of the device with reduction in the degree of shunting.