Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic embolism

B Meier, B Kalesan, HP Mattle… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The options for secondary prevention of cryptogenic embolism in patients with
patent foramen ovale are administration of antithrombotic medications or percutaneous …

Stroke prevention by percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Wolfrum, GM Froehlich, G Knapp, LK Casaubon… - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Context The role of percutaneous closure of patent foramen oval (PFO) in patients with
cryptogenic stroke has been very controversial for years due to a lack of clear evidence …

Catheter-based closure of the patent foramen ovale

B Meier - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
1837 thrombi will emerge from the inferior vena cava. Both an atrial septal aneurysm (ASA),
which is a flagellate central part of the septum primum forming the lower rim of the foramen …

Current status of percutaneous PFO closure

N Rohrhoff, JP Vavalle, S Halim, TL Kiefer… - Current cardiology …, 2014 - Springer
The clinical significance of persistent patent foramen ovale (PFO) is not well defined.
Empirically, PFO has been associated with many clinical conditions. In cryptogenic stroke …

Interventional closure of patent foramen ovale with N it‐occlud® device in prevention of recurrent neurologic events—Long‐term results

A Araszkiewicz, S Sławek, O Trojnarska… - Catheterization and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patent foramen ovale (PFO) was found to be associated with the increased risk
of recurrent strokes or transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and there is a need of secondary …

Usefulness of pre-procedure cavotricuspid isthmus imaging by modified transthoracic echocardiography for predicting outcome of isthmus-dependent atrial flutter …

JY Chen, KH Lin, YM Liou, KC Chang… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Anatomic characteristics of the cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) have been
reported to be related to the outcome of atrial flutter ablation therapy. However …

Thrombolytic treatment of simultaneous pulmonary embolism and impending paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale: a different thrombolytic regimen

M Turfan, MA Vatankulu, SN Murat, F Oksuz… - Heart, Lung and …, 2012 - Elsevier
A 72 year-old woman was admitted with a one-week history of weakness, right limb pain and
progressive breathlessness. Her blood pressure was 60/40mmHg, ECG showed inverted T …

Echocardiographic diagnosis of a giant thrombus passing through a patent foramen ovale from right atrium to the left atrium

Z Bugra, D Hunerel, Y Tayyareci, O Ruzgar… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2008 - Springer
Pulmonary embolus sourced by right atrial thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale is an
unusual, rare condition. Thus in suspicion of massive pulmonary thromboembolus …

Recurrent paradoxical and pulmonary embolism, hypercoagulable state, and patent foramen ovale

SY Naqvi, A Sadiq, S Goldberg - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
338 Circulation January 19, 2016 patients who have an atrial septal aneurysm. 2
Furthermore, patients with PFO who suffer a cryptogenic stroke are 5 times more likely to …

Serpentine thrombus in the heart: a rare case of trapped thrombus in patent foramen ovale

DM Zoltowska, Y Agrawal, JK Kalavakunta - Case Reports, 2018 - casereports.bmj.com
A 77-year-old Caucasian woman with recent abdominal surgery was diagnosed with
multiple paradoxical systemic emboli in the mesenteric and renal circulation. Diagnosis was …