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Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): An Intervention Sequence
Published on: December 23, 2022
Early systemic device embolization after transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure
Pierre C Aubry1, Jean-Michel Juliard, Eric Brochet
1Department of Cardiology, Groupe Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|February 24, 2006
Abstract:
Serious complications after percutaneous atrial septal abnormality closure are uncommon. We present a case of patent foramen ovale closure with early mobilization of the device and asymptomatic embolization into the descending aorta without sequels. Percutaneous retrieval of the device was successful down to the femoral artery from where it was extracted surgically.

