Open surgical retrieval of an embolized PFO occluder system

Andraes Frech; Olaf Gorny; Gustav Fraedrich; Gerlig Widmann; Johannes Mair; Nicolas Moes; Silvana Mueller; Josef Klocker

doi:10.1024/0301-1526/a000620

Open surgical retrieval of an embolized PFO occluder system

Vasa. 2017 Jul;46(4):310-312. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000620. Epub 2017 Feb 20.

Authors

Andraes Frech¹, Olaf Gorny¹, Gustav Fraedrich¹, Gerlig Widmann², Johannes Mair³, Nicolas Moes³, Silvana Mueller³, Josef Klocker¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
² 2 Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
³ 3 Department of Internal Medicine III - Cardiology and Angiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.

PMID: 28218570
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000620

Abstract

Device migration after intervention for persistent foramen ovale occlusion is a rare complication. In case of failure of endovascular device retrieval, open surgical removal is indicated, safe, and reliable.

Keywords: PFO occluder system; Patent foramen ovale (PFO); complication; vascular surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Device Removal / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Embolism / etiology
Embolism / surgery*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
Foramen Ovale, Patent / physiopathology
Foramen Ovale, Patent / therapy*
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology
Foreign-Body Migration / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Design
Septal Occluder Device*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome