Avraham Lorber, MD

Coronary Angiography in Patients undergoing Transcatheter Closure of Interatrial Shunt

08/01/2008

Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital heart defect first diagnosed in adults, even late in life,1 and it may be successfully closed percutaneously. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a remnant of fetal circulation...

Secundum atrial septal defect...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Transcatheter Closure of Acquired Gerbode Defect following Mitral Valve Replacement Using the Amplatzer Duct Occluder

08/01/2008

Prashant Nair , MD;

Luis Gruberg , MD;

Avraham Lorber , MD;

Left ventricular-to-right atrial communications are rare types of ventricular septal defects known collectively as the Gerbode defect.1 Acquired forms of this defect have been described as a complication of infective endocarditis due to...

Left ventricular-to-right atrial...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Percutaneous Closure of a Secundum Atrial Septal Defect in
Elderly Patients

08/01/2008

Sergey Yalonetsky , MD;

Avraham Lorber , MD;

Patients and Methods We retrospectively reviewed all patients > 60 years of age who underwent percutaneous ASD closure under our supervision since 1998. All patients underwent baseline clinical and echocardiographic evaluation including...

Patients and Methods We...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Analysis of Left and Right Ventricular Doppler Tissue Imaging in Patients undergoing Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Oval

08/01/2008

Yitzhack Schwartz , MD;

Avraham Lorber , MD;

Sergey Yalonetsky , MD;

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been identified as a source of paradoxical embolism and cryptogenic stroke.1 Percutaneous PFO closure seems to be a highly efficient and safe procedure for the prevention of interatrial shunting,2 and is...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology