Browsing by Subject "Septal Occluder Device"

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Embolization of patent foramen ovale closure devices: incidence, role of imaging in identification, potential causes, and management.

Goel, Sachin S; Aksoy, Olcay; Tuzcu, E Murat; Krasuski, Richard A; Kapadia, Samir R (Tex Heart Inst J, 2013)

Transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is an alternative to antiplatelet or anticoagulative therapy in patients with cryptogenic stroke, and it is associated with a small incidence of periprocedural sequelae. Because ...
Provoked exercise desaturation in patent foramen ovale and impact of percutaneous closure.

Devendra, Ganesh P; Rane, Ajinkya A; Krasuski, Richard A (JACC Cardiovasc Interv, 2012-04)

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to assess the prevalence of provoked exercise desaturation (PED) in patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) referred for cardiovascular evaluation and to evaluate the impact of PFO closure. ...