title: Instant percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with acute myocardial infarction and normal coronary arteries.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vivek K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Mehan
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahl
authors.forename: Nazan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Walpoth
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: 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*