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Open surgical retrieval of an embolized PFO occluder system
Andraes Frech1, Olaf Gorny1, Gustav Fraedrich1
11 Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
VASA. Zeitschrift Fur Gefasskrankheiten
|February 21, 2017
Abstract:
Device migration after intervention for persistent foramen ovale occlusion is a rare complication. In case of failure of endovascular device retrieval, open surgical removal is indicated, safe, and reliable.
