Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 63-66, January 2010

Closure of a coexisting ostium secundum atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale using a single Amplatzer patent foramen ovale occluder device☆

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, VA North Texas Healthcare System; and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Received 16 July 2008; received in revised form 9 September 2008; accepted 10 September 2008.

Abstract 

We report the case of a 59-year-old man with cryptogenic stroke who was found to have both an ostium secundum atrial septal defect and a patent foramen ovale (PFO) by intracardiac echocardiography. Both defects were successfully occluded using a single 35-mm Amplatzer PFO occluder device inserted through the atrial septal defect.

Keywords: Heart septal defects, atrial/therapy, Prosthesis implantation, Heart catheterization

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☆ Emmanouil S. Brilakis receives support from the Clark R. Gregg Fund, Harris Methodist Health Foundation (6100 Western Place, Suite 1001, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA), and a Veterans Affairs VISN 17 startup award (Waco, Texas, USA).

PII: S1553-8389(08)00259-5

doi:10.1016/j.carrev.2008.09.004

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 63-66, January 2010

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