Closure of a muscular ventricular septal defect using the Amplatzer ventricular occluder.

Surgical closure of ventricular septal defect is safe, however, the inherent risks associated with cardiopulmonary bypass and the potential early and late postsurgical complications including complete heart block, arrhythmias, postpericardiotomy syndrome, and rare deaths have led physicians to prefer transcatheter occlusion technique for closure of such defects. The use of Amplatzer muscular ventricular septal defect occluder is safe and associated with a higher success rate than other previously used devices. For the first time in Iran, we report an 18-year-old patient with ventricular septal defect who was successfully treated using the Amplatzer ventricular septal defect occluder.