Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale following mitral valve replacement

R Skulski; J M Snider; C J Buzzard; F S Ling; A M Mendelsohn

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00600-1

Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale following mitral valve replacement

Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Aug;68(2):582-3. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00600-1.

Authors

R Skulski¹, J M Snider, C J Buzzard, F S Ling, A M Mendelsohn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642, USA.

PMID: 10475443
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00600-1

Abstract

We report the successful closure of a postoperative patent foramen ovale in a patient who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement for severe mitral insufficiency. The postoperative course was complicated by severe hypoxemia due to a large patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent transcatheter closure with the Das Angel Wings transcatheter occluder (Microvena Corporation, White Bear Lake, MN) with immediate improvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Catheterization*
Coronary Artery Bypass
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnosis
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Retreatment