Open AccessParadoxical Embolism after Declotting of Hemodialysis Fistulae/Grafts in Patients with Patent Foramen Ovale
Author(s) -
Steven Wu,
İftikhar Ahmad,
Sohail Qayyum,
Stéphan Wicky,
Sanjeeva P. Kalva
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09851110
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , hemodialysis , paradoxical embolism , cardiology , foramen ovale (heart) , surgery , percutaneous
The safety of percutaneous endovascular declotting procedures for thrombosed hemodialysis fistulae/grafts is well described in the general population; however, its safety in the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is not known. The objective of this study is to assess the incidence of symptomatic paradoxical embolic events associated with declotting procedure of thrombosed arteriovenous (AV) graft or fistula in patients with documented PFO.
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