title: Foreign body granuloma as an unexpected long-term finding after percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Struempellstraße 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Besler
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Struempellstraße 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bakhtiary
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Struempellstraße 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linke
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Struempellstraße 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D020878:Device Removal; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D055989:Septal Occluder Device / Q000009:adverse effects*