Nonsurgical closure of a patent foramen ovale in a patient with carcinoid heart disease and severe hypoxia from interatrial shunting

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2000 Oct;51(2):210-3. doi: 10.1002/1522-726x(200010)51:2<210::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-4.

Abstract

We report the percutaneous transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale using an Amplatzer septal occluder in a rare patient with carcinoid heart disease involving both the right and left heart who presented with severe hypoxemia secondary to intra-atrial shunting. We believe this is the first report of this technique being utilized in a patient with carcinoid heart disease and it may represent an alternative to surgical closure in these patients at high risk for surgical complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoid Heart Disease / complications*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / complications*
  • Hypoxia / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostheses and Implants*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler