PMID- 36594530 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230330 LR - 20230417 IS - 1897-4279 (Electronic) IS - 0022-9032 (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 3 DP - 2023 TI - Headache after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect: An attempt to explain its origin in the pediatric population. PG - 259-264 LID - 10.33963/KP.a2023.0001 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) has become the treatment of choice for most patients. About 5% of them suffer from transient headache episodes (THE) after the procedure, whose etiology is unclear. AIMS: To evaluate risk factors for THE occurrence after transcatheter closure of ASD in the pediatric population. METHODS: Eight hundred and forty patients, after transcatheter ASD closure with nitinol devices, from a single center, were included in retrospective analysis. THE was defined as occurring up to 24 hours after the procedure. A logistic regression model including age, weight, ASD diameter, device size, presence of nitinol coating on the device, fluoroscopy time, application of balloon calibration, device oversizing, and residual shunt after 24 hours was created to evaluate risk factors for THE occurrence. RESULTS: There were 40 patients with THE (4.8%), 70% female and 30% male. The median age was 13 (7.35-16) years. In patients with headache, balloon calibration (BC) was performed more frequently (82.5% vs. 43.3%; P <0.001). The balloon waist median (interquartile range [IQR]), 19 (16-22) mm vs. 15 mm (12-18) mm (P <0.001), and device size median (IQR), 18 (13.5-22) mm vs. 14 (11-17) mm (P <0.001) were larger, and residual shunt after 24 hours (12.5% vs. 4.9%; P = 0.03) and a year (7.5 vs. 1.0%; P <0.001) were more frequent. ASD size and the prevalence of double/multiple ASD were similar in both groups. Age, BC application, no nickel release protection, duration of fluoroscopy, and device oversizing were predictors of THE (P <0.001). CONCLUSIONS: BC during percutaneous ASD closure and the lack of a protective layer against nickel release on the device are risk factors for headache occurrence in the early postprocedural period. FAU - Smerdzinski, Sebastian AU - Smerdzinski S AD - Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. smerdzinski@gmail.com. AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. smerdzinski@gmail.com. FAU - Galeczka, Michal AU - Galeczka M AD - Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. FAU - Tyc, Filip AU - Tyc F AD - Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. FAU - Knop, Mateusz AU - Knop M AD - Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. FAU - Bialkowski, Jacek AU - Bialkowski J AD - Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. FAU - Fiszer, Roland AU - Fiszer R AD - Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland. AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230103 PL - Poland TA - Kardiol Pol JT - Kardiologia polska JID - 0376352 RN - 2EWL73IJ7F (nitinol) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Child MH - Male MH - Female MH - Adolescent MH - Cardiac Catheterization/adverse effects/methods MH - Retrospective Studies MH - *Heart Septal Defects, Atrial/surgery/etiology MH - Headache/etiology MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Echocardiography, Transesophageal MH - *Septal Occluder Device/adverse effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - balloon calibration OT - headache EDAT- 2023/01/04 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/30 06:11 CRDT- 2023/01/03 06:43 PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/30 06:11 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/03 06:43 [entrez] AID - VM/OJS/J/93219 [pii] AID - 10.33963/KP.a2023.0001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Kardiol Pol. 2023;81(3):259-264. doi: 10.33963/KP.a2023.0001. Epub 2023 Jan 3.