title: Minimal invasive retrieval of dislodged Amplatzer occluder with subsequent impediments.
abstract: A 47-year-old female underwent interventional patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure with an Amplatzer septal occluder (AGA Medical Corporation, USA). After 48 hours of implantation, she experienced intermittent pulse synchronous retrosternal pain. Subsequently, device-associated compression of the aortic root was diagnosed. Occluder retrieval and surgical PFO-closure was accomplished successfully via minimal invasive, video-assisted anterolateral thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Born
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reuthebuch
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome