Percutaneous transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure using the right internal jugular venous approach.
Percutaneous transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a therapeutic option in patients with paradoxical embolism. For patients in whom PFO closure is indicated when a femoral venous approach is not possible, we describe the successful closure of two PFOs using the right internal jugular venous approach.
Sader
Mark A
MA
Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
De Moor
Michael
M
Pomerantsev
Eugene
E
Palacios
Igor F
IF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male