Instant percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries.
Two young women with angiographically normal coronary arteries suffered an acute myocardial infarction. Both were found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO), the likely pathway of a paradoxical embolus causing the infarction. The PFOs were diagnosed and closed percutaneously with an Amplatzer PFO Occluder during the emergency coronary angiography.
Mehan
Vivek K
VK
Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Wahl
Andreas
A
Walpoth
Nazan
N
Meier
Bernhard
B
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*