Patent foramen ovale (PFO)

Original Contribution

Fluoroscopy-Only Guided Transcatheter Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: The Importance of Pre-procedural Echocardiography

07/17/2024

Mathias Wolfrum , MD;

Federico Moccetti , MD;

Nina Conrad , MS;

Lucca Loretz , MD;

Mehdi Madanchi , MD;

Matthias Bossard , MD;

Adrian Attiger-Toller , MD;

Florim Cuculi , MD;

Simon F. Stämpfli , MD, MSc;

Stefan Toggweiler , MD;

The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of patent foramen ovale closure guided by fluoroscopy only vs transesophageal echocardiography plus fluoroscopy.

The aim of the study was to...

07/17/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Cryptogenic Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale and May-Thurner Syndrome

09/02/2014

Frank Amico, DO, Harit Desai, DO, Vincent Varghese, DO, and Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Frank Amico, DO, Harit Desai, DO, Vin...

A 53-year old female with a past medical history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma, and previous transient ischemic attack (TIA) was transferred to our institution following an embolic cerebrovascular accident (CVA) requiring systemic...

A 53-year old female with a past...

09/02/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Review

The Rationale for PFO Closure: A Series of Arguments For or Against

06/05/2009

Dahlöf, Søndergaard, Hannam

During the last decade, patent foramen ovale (PFO) and intermittent or permanent right-to-left shunting of venous blood has been proposed to play a pathogenetic role in a number of disorders. This review covers the most common and sometimes...

During the last decade, patent...

06/05/2009

Vascular Disease Management