title: Persistent redundant Eustachian valve interfering with Amplatzer PFO occluder placement: anatomico-clinical and technical implications.
abstract: A 28-year-old man with patent foramen ovale and a prominent Eustachian valve with a history of transient ischemic attack underwent transcatheter closure using Amplatzer patent foramen ovale occluder. During deployment, some of the prominent valve tissue was entrapped on the delivery cable and a piece of the valve was extracted unintentionally. Anatomico-clinical and technical implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Clinica San Rocco di Franciacorta, Ome, Brescia, Italy. eonorato@libero.it
authors.forename: Eustaquio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onorato
authors.forename: Isidoro G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Pera
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Melzi
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rigatelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*