Instant percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries | Zendy

Mehan Vivek K. | Zendy; Wahl Andreas | Zendy; Walpoth Nazan | Zendy; Meier Bernhard | Zendy

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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.

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