Very Late Erosion Of The Right Atrium With Amplatzer (R) Device

Late atrial wall and aorta erosion is a rare cause of potential fatallity in patients who have undergone percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect, especially when a high ratio device to defect is chosen, and an insufficient aortic rim is present. We report the case of a 70 year old male with an episode of hemodinamic collapse secondary to cardiac tamponade due to a late erosion of a 4 years ago implanted Amplatzer r used to close an atrial septal defect. Conclusion: Very late wall erosion of an atrial septal closure device, although uncommon, should be suspected in patients presenting with hemodynamic collapse. (C) 2016 Instituto Nacional de Cardiolog ' ia Ignacio Ch ' avez. Published by Masson Doyma M ' exico S. A. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.