© 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…
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_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…
Fig. 4.1 Fetal echocardiogram showing the four chambers of the heart, with the open flap of the foramen ovale (arrow), bowing from the right atrium (RA) to the left atrium…
