Closure of a coexisting ostium secundum atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale using a single Amplatzer patent foramen ovale occluder device.
We report the case of a 59-year-old man with cryptogenic stroke who was found to have both an ostium secundum atrial septal defect and a patent foramen ovale (PFO) by intracardiac echocardiography. Both defects were successfully occluded using a single 35-mm Amplatzer PFO occluder device inserted through the atrial septal defect.
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, VA North Texas Healthcare System, Texas, USA.
Michael
M
Luna
Subhash
S
Banerjee
Emmanouil S
ES
Brilakis
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000209:etiology; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome