Stroke due to late device thrombosis following successful percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure

Ravikiran Korabathina; David E Thaler; Carey Kimmelstiel

doi:10.1002/ccd.23342

Stroke due to late device thrombosis following successful percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Sep 1;80(3):498-502. doi: 10.1002/ccd.23342. Epub 2011 Oct 13.

Authors

Ravikiran Korabathina¹, David E Thaler, Carey Kimmelstiel

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.

PMID: 21953702
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23342

Abstract

We report a case of stroke due to device thrombosis occurring three years following percutaneous patent foramen ovale (patent foramen ovale) closure with an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder device. We discuss risk factors that may have contributed to device thrombosis and raise concerns regarding the lack of a dedicated PFO closure device for clinical use in the United States.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Foramen Ovale, Patent / therapy*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Septal Occluder Device*
Stroke / etiology*
Thrombectomy
Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis / etiology*
Thrombosis / surgery
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome