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Instant percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries
Author(s) -
Mehan Vivek K.,
Wahl Andreas,
Walpoth Nazan,
Meier Bernhard
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20582
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , cardiology , myocardial infarction , coronary arteries , percutaneous , embolus , foramen ovale (heart) , angiography , artery
Two young women with angiographically normal coronary arteries suffered an acute myocardial infarction. Both were found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO), the likely pathway of a paradoxical embolus causing the infarction. The PFOs were diagnosed and closed percutaneously with an Amplatzer PFO Occluder during the emergency coronary angiography. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.