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.

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