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Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): An Intervention Sequence
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Percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale in left-sided carcinoid heart disease
Paru R Chaudhari1, Jeffrey Abergel, Richard R Warner
1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Nature Clinical Practice. Cardiovascular Medicine
|July 27, 2007
Abstract
Background:
A 51-year-old woman with a 5-year history of metastatic small bowel carcinoid disease developed fatigue and gradually worsening dyspnea on exertion, over 6 months.
Investigations:
Physical examination, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, and aortography.
Diagnosis:
Left-sided carcinoid disease associated with a patent foramen ovale.
Management:
Percutaneous transcatheter closure of the patent foramen ovale.
