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Percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale, easy does it
Author(s) -
Meier Bernhard
Publication year - 2015
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.26046
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , fluoroscopy , percutaneous , closure (psychology) , foramen ovale (heart) , radiology , surgery , law , political science
Key Points Closure of the patent foramen ovale does not benefit from echocardiographic guidance in the majority of cases. Guiding these procedures with fluoroscopy only reduces procedure time, radiation exposure, and amount of contrast medium. There is a clear trend to abandon echocardiographic guidance for this procedure over time and with growing experience.