Successful percutaneous transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure through the right internal jugular vein using a steerable catheter

Sebastien Hascoet; Alain Fraisse; Meyer Elbaz

doi:10.1002/ccd.24868

Successful percutaneous transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure through the right internal jugular vein using a steerable catheter

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Oct 1;82(4):E598-602. doi: 10.1002/ccd.24868. Epub 2013 Mar 22.

Authors

Sebastien Hascoet¹, Alain Fraisse, Meyer Elbaz

Affiliation

¹ Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rangueil, Toulouse, France; Service de Cardiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants, Toulouse, France.

PMID: 23413211
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24868

Abstract

Percutaneous transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) remains challenging when femoral venous approach is not available. We describe the successful closure of a PFO using the right internal jugular venous approach and a deflectable catheter delivery system in a patient with a PFO, recurrent stroke, and an inferior vena cava filter.

Keywords: cerebrovascular accident; patent foramen ovale; shunts.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
Cardiac Catheterization* / methods
Cardiac Catheters*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Embolism, Paradoxical / etiology
Equipment Design
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
Foramen Ovale, Patent / therapy*
Humans
Jugular Veins* / diagnostic imaging
Male
Radiography, Interventional
Recurrence
Stroke / etiology
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava Filters