Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale prior to a pneumonectomy to prevent platypnea syndrome | Zendy

Sergey Yalonetsky | Zendy; Allon Ben Nun | Zendy; Yitzhak Shwartz | Zendy; Avraham Lorber | Zendy

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Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale prior to a pneumonectomy to prevent platypnea syndrome

Author(s) -

Sergey Yalonetsky,

Allon Ben Nun,

Yitzhak Shwartz,

Avraham Lorber

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.01.012

Subject(s) - patent foramen ovale , medicine , closure (psychology) , pneumonectomy , foramen ovale (heart) , cardiology , surgery , lung , political science , migraine , law

An intracardiac shunt on an atrial level may be a cause of hypoxemia after lung surgery (platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome). This syndrome may be successfully treated by percutaneous or surgical shunt closure. We present the case of preoperative transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) for the prevention of possible platypnea after a forthcoming right pneumonectomy.

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