title: Stroke due to late device thrombosis following successful percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure.
abstract: We report a case of stroke due to device thrombosis occurring three years following percutaneous patent foramen ovale (patent foramen ovale) closure with an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder device. We discuss risk factors that may have contributed to device thrombosis and raise concerns regarding the lack of a dedicated PFO closure device for clinical use in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: Ravikiran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korabathina
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Thaler
authors.forename: Carey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kimmelstiel
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome