## Abstract A significant association has been suggested between a residual shunt and the risk of cerebral ischemic recurrences after transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. We report the use of a detachable coil to treat a residual shunt in a patient who had a recurrent cerebral ischemic
Coil closure of residual shunt after amplatzer pfo occlusion
β Scribed by Bernhard Meier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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## Abstract Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with presumed paradoxical embolism yields complete occlusion in > 90% of patients using contemporary closure devices. Patients with a residual shunt after percutaneous PFO closure have been found at increased risk for recurr