© Springer-Verlag London 2015Zahid Amin, Jonathan M. Tobis, Horst Sievert and John D. Carroll (eds.)Patent Foramen Ovale10.1007/978-1-4471-4987-3_25 25. From FDAs Point of View: What Is Needed to Move PFO Closure for Stroke Prevention Forward? Donald J. Hagler1 (1) Department…
Inclusion criteria Patients (ages 18–60 years) with PFO who have a cryptogenic, ischemic stroke or imaging-confirmed TIA within 180 days prior to randomization All patients must have MRI evidence of…
Periprocedural complications Late complications Cardiac perforation Device erosion Access site related complications; mainly hemorrhage Device embolization Device embolization Device endocarditis Arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation-heart block) Thrombus formation Fatal pulmonary emboli Device…
Fig. 18.1 The Coherex FlatStent Following completion of the Coherex EU Study, the FlatStent received CE Mark approval in 2009 and initiated a limited commercial launch with its corporate partner…
Fig. 16.1 PFO size: diagrammatic (above) and TEE imaging (below) of the PFO. The septum primum overlaps septum secundum forming the tunnel of the PFO. The anatomic PFO size can…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Zahid Amin, Jonathan M. Tobis, Horst Sievert and John D. Carroll (eds.)Patent Foramen Ovale10.1007/978-1-4471-4987-3_15 15. PFO and Various Types of Surgery John D. Carroll1 (1) Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Mail…
Cardiac Intracardiac anatomical R- > L shunt as an isolated defect PFO [7] ASD Atrial Septal Aneurysm [8] Associated with a acquired structural abnormality which enhances, unveils and utilizes the…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Zahid Amin, Jonathan M. Tobis, Horst Sievert and John D. Carroll (eds.)Patent Foramen Ovale10.1007/978-1-4471-4987-3_12 12. Patent Foramen Ovale and Divers Carla Canniffe1 and Kevin P. Walsh1 (1) Cardiology Department, The Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7,…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Zahid Amin, Jonathan M. Tobis, Horst Sievert and John D. Carroll (eds.)Patent Foramen Ovale10.1007/978-1-4471-4987-3_9 9. An Overview of Clinical Syndromes (Keeping the Heart in Mind) James Orford1 and Brian Whisenant1 (1) Division of Cardiology, Intermountain Heart…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Zahid Amin, Jonathan M. Tobis, Horst Sievert and John D. Carroll (eds.)Patent Foramen Ovale10.1007/978-1-4471-4987-3_1 1. Historical Perspective and Importance of PFO John F. RhodesJr.1 and Amanda Green2 (1) Department of Cardiology, Miami Children’s Hospital, 3100 SW 62…
