Cardiac Troponin T After Transcatheter Closure of the Interatrial Septum

Skane University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Congenital Heart Disease

Treatments: Device: Transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect or patent foramen ovale.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03099967

Interatrial septum 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine retrospectively whether transcatheter closure of the interatrial septum leads to myocardial injury and to determine the mechanism.

Full description

In a prospective study in adults troponin T (TnT) serum concentrations were determined before and the day after transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) or patent foramen ovale (PFO).

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• transcatheter ASD and PFO closure at the University Hospital of Lund, Sweden

Exclusion criteria

• missing TnT values