Implantation of a Occlutech Figulla PFO occluder in a patient with patent foramen ovale and history of embolic stroke.
The most common interventions in structural heart diseases for various age groups are percutaneous occlusions of septal defects. We present the case of a woman with patent foramen ovale (PFO) periodically causing a right-to-left shunt, after an incident of stroke, with migraine attacks, treated by percutaneous closure of PFO with use of a novel occluder device--an Occlutech Figulla. The procedure was performed under X-ray and transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring. The novel Occlutech device described above features easy manipulation, good safety and some constructional innovations that enable the time of antiplatelet prophylaxis to be shortened, thus potentially minimizing procedure related risk.
Krecki
Radosław
R
Medical University of Łódź, Bieganski Hospital, Łódź, Poland. rkrecki@gazeta.pl
Peruga
Jan Zbigniew
JZ
Plewka
Michał
M
Krzemińska-Pakuła
Maria
M
Kasprzak
Jarosław Damian
JD
D000328:Adult; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome