1030-140 Patent foramen ovale: A new factor associated with progression of carcinoid heart disease

Nonsurgical closure of a patent foramen

Nonsurgical closure of a patent foramen ovale in a patient with carcinoid heart disease and severe hypoxia from interatrial shunting

✍ John Marenco; Shapur Naimi; Ziyad Hijazi; Ayan Patel; Natesa Pandian 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 98 KB 👁 2 views

We report the percutaneous transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale using an Amplatzer septal occluder in a rare patient with carcinoid heart disease involving both the right and left heart who presented with severe hypoxemia secondary to intra-atrial shunting. We believe this is the first re