Transcatheter closure has been attempted in selected cases of ventricular s
eptal defects using Lock clamshell device, Rashkind umbrella device, and Si
deris buttoned device. A small perimembranous ventricular septal defect wit
h aneurysm of membranous septum in a 12 year old girl was closed successful
ly with a detachable steel coil of 8 mm diameter with four loops, after fai
lure of deployment of a Rashkind double umbrella device.