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

✍ Scribed by John Marenco; Shapur Naimi; Ziyad Hijazi; Ayan Patel; Natesa Pandian

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 98 KB
Volume: 51
Category: Article
ISSN: 1522-1946
DOI: 10.1002/1522-726x(200010)51:2<210::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-4

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✦ Synopsis

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 report of this technique being utilized in a patient with carcinoid heart disease and it may represent an alternative to surgical closure in these patients at high risk for surgical complications.