© 2002 by Heart
CASE REPORT
Use of the transseptal puncture in transcatheter closure of long tunnel-type patent foramen ovale
Lillie Frank Abercrombie Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children'ss Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Dr C J McMahon, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children'ss Hospital, 6621 Fannin, MC 2–2281, Houston, Texas, USA;
cmcmahon{at}bcm.tmc.edu
Two patients with long tunnel-type patent foramen ovale presented for elective transcatheter closure following transient ischaemic attack and stroke. Right to left shunting was confirmed on transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. A new technique that used a transseptal procedure was devised to enable closure of the tunnel-type patent foramen ovale using the CardioSEAL transseptal occluder to avoid "bunching up" of the device and residual transatrial shunting.
Keywords: transseptal puncture; tunnel-type patent foramen ovale; patent foramen ovale; device closure
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Heart 2002 88: 152.
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