Screening coronaries of selected asymptomatic patients with patent foramen ovale: A cautionary note
β Scribed by Ravinay Bhindi; Oliver J. Ormerod
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 30 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## 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
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
## Abstract ## Background: Transcatheter closure of PFO with nitinol devices may be problematic in young patients with migraine due the risk of late erosions. Alternative devices with less amount of metal as the last generation devices may be preferable in such cases. We present the results of tra