TY - JOUR
T1 - Delayed perforation of a transcatheter patent foramen ovale occluder 10 years after implantation
AU - Vitanova, Keti
AU - Cleuziou, Julie
AU - Vogt, Manfred
AU - Nöbauer, Christian
AU - Schreiber, Christian
AU - Lange, Rüdiger
AU - Voss, Bernhard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - To date, closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) by the transcatheter technique is the preferred method, and an operation with cardiopulmonary bypass is reserved for special indications. Although different closure devices are used with high efficacy, adverse events after transcatheter PFO closure have been reported. We describe an unusual case of a cardiac perforation occurring 10 years after transcatheter PFO closure. The device was explanted surgically, and the interatrial communication was closed with a polytetrafluoroethylene patch.
AB - To date, closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) by the transcatheter technique is the preferred method, and an operation with cardiopulmonary bypass is reserved for special indications. Although different closure devices are used with high efficacy, adverse events after transcatheter PFO closure have been reported. We describe an unusual case of a cardiac perforation occurring 10 years after transcatheter PFO closure. The device was explanted surgically, and the interatrial communication was closed with a polytetrafluoroethylene patch.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.117
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.117
M3 - Article
C2 - 25639414
AN - SCOPUS:84921808635
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 99
SP - 700
EP - 701
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 2
ER -