SA Heart consensus statement on closure of patent foramen ovale 2021

J Hitzeroth; P van der Bijl; F Michel; R Meel; B J Cupido; E Klug

doi:10.5830/CVJA-2022-009

SA Heart consensus statement on closure of patent foramen ovale 2021

Cardiovasc J Afr. 2023;34(1):35-39. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2022-009. Epub 2022 Jun 8.

Authors

J Hitzeroth¹, P van der Bijl², F Michel³, R Meel³, B J Cupido¹, E Klug⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medical School, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Netcare, Kuils River Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Email: drklug@tickerdoc.co.za.

Abstract

A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with numerous clinical conditions. The most severe of these is cryptogenic stroke. This consensus statement aims to provide a clinical guideline on which patients should be offered PFO closure.

Keywords: cryptogenic stroke; PFO; PFO closure; cryptogenic arterial embolism; patent foramen ovale.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
Foramen Ovale, Patent* / complications
Foramen Ovale, Patent* / diagnostic imaging
Foramen Ovale, Patent* / surgery
Humans
Risk Factors
Secondary Prevention
Stroke* / diagnosis
Stroke* / etiology
Stroke* / prevention & control
Treatment Outcome