title: Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for hypoxemia during left ventricular assist device support.
abstract: A patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting was responsible, in part, for profound hypoxemia in a patient who required mechanical support with a left ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock. The patent foramen ovale was detected with contrast transesophageal echocardiography, and the defect was closed successfully with a transcatheter septal defect closure device.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: D Q
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Grubbs
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bolman
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy