title: [Patent foramen ovale as a cause of recurrent cerebral embolism. Closure with minimally invasive surgery].
abstract: We report a clinical case of a 63-year-old patient, referred with a history of repeated strokes, whose only cause was a patent foramen ovale with shunt right to left diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography. He underwent minimally invasive surgery, through right parasternal minithoracotomy, practising defect closure. We comment on the value of echocardiography for diagnosing this pathology and the utility of this surgical technique for repairing these defects.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Cardíaca, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortiz de Salazar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zuazo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etxebeste
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Foramen oval permeable como causa de embolismo cerebral repetido. Cierre con cirugía mínimamente invasiva.