title: Preliminary experience with a new 18 mm Amplatzer PFO occluder for small persistent foramen ovale.
abstract: We report our initial experience with a new 18 mm Amplatzer PFO device for the closure of small PFO. Patients were selected by a semiquantitative sizing procedure using the circle of a diagnostic pigtail catheter instead of a sizing balloon. In all eight patients, the device was easy to implant without problems. Due to its size, it has the potential to minimize the risk of inadvertent atrial erosion or perforation after deployment and thus will enhance the safety of interventional PFO closure.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für angeborene Herzfehler, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. ewert@dhzb.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ewert
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kretschmar
authors.forename: Bjoern
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Jan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nuernberg
authors.forename: Hashim Abdul
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Khaliq
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagdyman
authors.forename: Peter E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome