title: Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale in an adult with hypoxemia after cardiac transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-3830, USA.
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bapat
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Recto
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: 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