title: Patent foramen ovale closure challenged by left atrial chord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Smita R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Jategaonkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bogunovic
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horstkotte
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scholtz
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult