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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Recurrent Ischemic Stroke Caused by a Residual PFO Shunt After Surgical Repair: Three-Dimensional Transesophageal
Ayaka Oda1, Yasuhide Mochizuki1, Yumi Yamamoto1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
|July 3, 2026
Abstract:
Residual shunting after surgical PFO closure may cause recurrent paradoxical embolism. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography combined with microbubble testing and multiplanar reconstruction enabled precise localization of an elusive residual shunt and guided successful transcatheter closure.
