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Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO): An Intervention Sequence
Published on: December 23, 2022
Transhepatic closure of patent foramen ovale
Neeraj Jolly1, Gaurav Dhar, Zahid Amin
1Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. njolly@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Abstract:
Transhepatic right heart catheterization is an uncommon procedure for adult interventional cardiologists. We report its successful use for closure of a patent foramen ovale in an elderly patient without femoral vein access. Also described is a novel method of using a vascular plug to achieve hemostasis of the hepatic venous access site.
