Combined percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty and patent foramen ovale closure in an adult with recurrent transient ischemic attacks

Carlo Trani; Stefano Rigattieri; Mario Attilio Mazzari; Antonella Lombardo; Faustino Pennestrì; Roberto Violini; Edoardo Pucci; Filippo Crea; Giovanni Schiavoni

Combined percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty and patent foramen ovale closure in an adult with recurrent transient ischemic attacks

Ital Heart J. 2002 Jul;3(7):424-6.

Authors

Carlo Trani¹, Stefano Rigattieri, Mario Attilio Mazzari, Antonella Lombardo, Faustino Pennestrì, Roberto Violini, Edoardo Pucci, Filippo Crea, Giovanni Schiavoni

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 12189972

Abstract

We report the case of a 60-year-old man with a history of recurrent transient ischemic attacks, effort syncope, cyanosis, erythrocytosis and a systolic murmur. Echocardiography and catheterization showed severe pulmonary stenosis and a patent foramen ovale with a right-to-left shunt. The patient was submitted to combined percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty and patent foramen ovale closure using the Amplatzer device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Catheterization / methods*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism, Paradoxical / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
Humans
Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology
Ischemic Attack, Transient / therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Prostheses and Implants
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / complications
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome