Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale in an adult with hypoxemia after cardiac transplantation.
We describe a case of refractory hypoxemia secondary to a patent foramen ovale immediately after orthotopic heart transplantation in a 60-year-old woman. The patent foramen ovale was successfully closed with a septal occlusion device, with resolution of the hypoxemia. To our knowledge, transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale in an adult patient with refractory hypoxemia during the immediate post-transplant period has not previously been reported.
Bapat
Ashutosh
A
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3830, USA.
Recto
Michael R
MR
Bhat
Geetha
G
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence