PFO Closure

Original Contribution

Coronary Artery Disease in Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Following Cryptogenic Stroke

11/01/2021

Claudia Frankfurter, MD¹; Annamalar M. Muthuppalaniappan, MBBS²; Ricardo Gorocica-Romero, MD²; Lusine Abrahamyan, MD, MPH, PhD^3,4; Christopher Olesovsky, MD¹; Jin Ma, PhD, MSc;⁴Lee Benson, MD^2,5; Mark Osten, MD²; Eric M. Horlick, MDCM²

Claudia Frankfurter, MD1; Annamalar M...

A retrospective analysis of consecutive patients who underwent concurrent percutaneous PFO closure and coronary angiography was performed.

A retrospective analysis of...

11/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Risk of Cerebral Embolism After Interventional Closure of Symptomatic Patent Foramen Ovale or Atrial Septal Defect: A Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Neuron-Specific Enolase-Based Study

09/27/2013

Hande Oktay Tureli, MD¹, Ismail Ungan, MD¹, Derya Tureli, MD², Bulent Demir, MD¹, Osman Pirhan, MD¹, Halil Ibrahim Bayrak, MD¹, Ilker Murat Caglar, MD¹, Osman Karakaya, MD¹, Ercan Inci, MD³

Hande Oktay Tureli, MD1, Ismail Ungan...

This single-center prospective study investigates the silent and clinically apparent cerebral embolic events after transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) using new-generation closure devices. Plasma...

This single-center prospective...

09/27/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

07/29/2013

Jonathon M. White, MB, ChB^1, Andrew G. Veale, MB, ChB², Peter N. Ruygrok, MB, ChB¹

Jonathon M. White, MB, ChB1, Andrew G...

PFO closure may result in improvement in apneas and symptoms in selected obstructive sleep apnea patients and may impact cardiovascular events in this group through hypoxia-mediated or other unrecognized mechanisms.

PFO closure may result in...

07/29/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology