Yitzhack Schwartz, 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

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