Aims: The aim was to assess the safety and efficacy of percutaneous patent foramen ovale
(PFO) closure with the Premere (St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA) device. Methods …

Effectiveness of PFO closure is typically assessed using bubble contrast during transthoracic
echocardiography. An abnormal RLS after PFO closure could be the result of incomplete …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the
SeptRx patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device (SeptRx, Inc., Fremont, California) …

Aims Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for secondary stroke prevention is
discussed controversially. Long-term data comparing different closure devices are limited …

Closure of interatrial septal defects with percutaneous devices is increasingly common.
However, the indications for closure and techniques for device implantation are diverse. We …

To date, closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) by the transcatheter technique is the
preferred method, and an operation with cardiopulmonary bypass is reserved for special …

Several devices are available for percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. Over
the past 3 years our planned treatment strategy of PFO closure has been routine use of the …

Background Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is gaining wide acceptance.
Aims of the study were to analyse clinical practice regarding PFO closure in Italy, to study …

Background: Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure has been shown to be safe
and feasible with a variety of devices, and its clinical efficacy appears favourable compared …

Burn it, stitch it, plug it...there are many ways to close a PFO: insights into the challenges of
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