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Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale following mitral valve replacement
R Skulski1, J M Snider, C J Buzzard
1Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|September 4, 1999
Abstract:
We report the successful closure of a postoperative patent foramen ovale in a patient who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement for severe mitral insufficiency. The postoperative course was complicated by severe hypoxemia due to a large patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent transcatheter closure with the Das Angel Wings transcatheter occluder (Microvena Corporation, White Bear Lake, MN) with immediate improvement.