… closure of a patent foramen ovale in patients referred after a presumed paradoxical embolism
… reported, who had transcatheter closure of an interatrial communication after a probable …

Objectives : In this study, a meta-analysis of observational studies was performed to compare
the rate of recurrent neurological events (RNE) between transcatheter closure and medical …

… Promising results of percutaneous PFO closure were initially reported by Bridges et al.
using Clamshell device in patients with presumed paradoxical embolism. Since then, several …

… In conclusion, transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure is … and closure status in 237
consecutive patients with presumed paradoxical cerebral embolism who underwent transcatheter …

… The patient population included 110 consecutive patients with a history of ≥1 presumed
paradoxical embolism who underwent transcatheter closure of the PFO. Baseline …

… Paradoxical embolism remains a presumed but unproven pathophysiologic … transcatheter
closure of patent foramen ovale was less than 2%. Recent reports on transcatheter closure …

… in 152 consecutive patients with presumed paradoxical embolism during a mean follow-up
of 1.7±1.6 years. A very recent study of Martin et al. demonstrated the immediate and long-…

… presumed paradoxical embolism.The present investigation demonstrates that transcatheter
closure … technique for Chinese patients with paradoxical embolism. There were no recurrent …

… to a high probability of paradoxical embolism through a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO).
Methods: … Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale after presumed paradoxical embolism. …

… potential mediator of paradoxical embolism. An association … paradoxical embolism remains
presumptive and cryptogenic insult is not necessarily synonymous with paradoxical embolism…