Suture-mediated closure of a patent foramen ovale during surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass.
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with an increased risk of recurrent ischemic strokes and transient ischemic attacks due to paradoxical emboli in patients with prior neurological events. We report a case of a surgical suture-mediated of a PFO closure without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with recurrent cerebral ischemic events, who was intolerant of medical therapy, was a poor candidate for catheter-based PFO closure, and presented as a potentially high risk for poor wound healing from traditional surgical closure.
Lee
Tobias T
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Section of Interventional Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
De la Torre
Ralph
R
Carrozza
Joseph P
JP
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D013537:Sutures