Should we close hypoxaemic patent foramen ovale and interatrial shunts on a systematic basis?

Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 Nov;102(11):739-41. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.10.002. Epub 2009 Nov 17.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / physiopathology
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / therapy*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / therapy*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Hypoxia / physiopathology
  • Hypoxia / therapy*
  • Patient Selection*
  • Recovery of Function
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / complications
  • Septal Occluder Device*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome