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Transcatheter Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale for Hypoxemia During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
Author(s) -
Loforte Antonio,
Violini Roberto,
Musumeci Francesco
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01476.x
Subject(s) - patent foramen ovale , medicine , shunting , hypoxemia , shunt (medical) , cardiology , right to left shunt , left atrial pressure , foramen secundum , closure (psychology) , hemodynamics , market economy , economics , migraine
The diagnosis of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a dynamic process and it is based on the detection of blood shunting at the atrial level. Only under abnormal physiologic conditions, such as with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), when right atrial pressure (RAP) exceeds left atrial pressure (LAP) the PFO may cause hypoxemia due to a right‐to‐left shunt. We report the closure of a PFO using a transcatheter approach in a patient on LVAD support. (J Card Surg 2012;27:528‐529)