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Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale for hypoxemia during left ventricular assist device support
D Q Nguyen1, G S Das, B C Grubbs
1Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic, Minneapolis, USA.
Abstract:
A patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting was responsible, in part, for profound hypoxemia in a patient who required mechanical support with a left ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock. The patent foramen ovale was detected with contrast transesophageal echocardiography, and the defect was closed successfully with a transcatheter septal defect closure device.