Qi-Ling Cao, MD

Case Report

Transcatheter Closure of Coronary Artery Fistula Complicated by Myocardial Infarction

08/01/2008

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which a communication is present between a coronary artery and either a cardiac chamber or another vascular structure. It accounts for 0.2–0.45% of all congenital cardiac...

Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Transcatheter Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects in Patients
Older than 60 Years of Age: Immediate and Follow-Up Results

08/01/2008

Huda Elshershari , MD;

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) is a safe procedure and has been routinely performed in many centers around the world as an alternative to surgical closure.1–5 However, in elderly patients with ASD, prolonged...

Percutaneous closure of atrial...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Transcatheter Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defect in the Elderly

02/11/2009

Ahmad Al-Hindi , MD;

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

From the Rush Center For Congenital & Structural Heart Disease, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Disclosure: Dr. Hijazi is a non-paid consultant to Occlutech, a German device company. Manuscript submitted November 10, 2008...

From the Rush Center For...

02/11/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Transcatheter Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects

04/25/2013

Clifford J. Kavinsky , MD, PhD;

Damien P. Kenny , MB, MD, MRCPCh;

Suhaib Kazmouz , MD;

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital heart defects accounting for 7%-10% of all congenital heart disease in children and 30%-33% of defects diagnosed in adults with congenital heart disease. This review highlights...

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is...

04/25/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Transcatheter Closure of Congenital and Acquired Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects Using the Amplatzer¬Æ Device

08/01/2008

Massimo Chessa , MD, PhD;

Roberta Margherita Bini , MD;

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Surgical closure of congenital or acquired [post-myocardial infarction (MI)] muscular ventricular septal defects (MVSD) is still associated with significant mortality and long-term morbidity.1,2 Different surgical approaches have been...

Surgical closure of congenital...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Use of Endovascular Stents for the Treatment of Coarctation of the Aorta in Children and Adults: Immediate and Midterm Results

08/01/2008

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Lisa Shah , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Satindir K. Sandhu , MD;

Annette Joseph , RN;

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) accounts for 6–8% of all forms of congenital heart defects. In children and adults, balloon angioplasty has become the preferred treatment for patients with recurrent CoA.1–5,6–18 The application of this...

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA)...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Residual Inferior Atrial Septal Defect After
Surgical Repair: Closure Under Intracardiac Echocardiographic Guidance

08/01/2008

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Mary Heitschmidt , RN;

Roberto M. Lang , MD;

Case Description. A 41-year-old woman was admitted with the diagnosis of atrial flutter/fibrillation of two days for cardioversion. Her past medical history was remarkable for two operations to repair a secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) at...

Case Description. A 41-year-old...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology