Combined percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty and patent foramen ovale closure in an adult with recurrent transient ischemic attacks.
We report the case of a 60-year-old man with a history of recurrent transient ischemic attacks, effort syncope, cyanosis, erythrocytosis and a systolic murmur. Echocardiography and catheterization showed severe pulmonary stenosis and a patent foramen ovale with a right-to-left shunt. The patient was submitted to combined percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty and patent foramen ovale closure using the Amplatzer device.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. carlotrani@iol.it
Carlo
C
Trani
Stefano
S
Rigattieri
Mario Attilio
MA
Mazzari
Antonella
A
Lombardo
Faustino
F
Pennestrì
Roberto
R
Violini
Edoardo
E
Pucci
Filippo
F
Crea
Giovanni
G
Schiavoni
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome