Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Embolism

Meier, Bernhard; Kalesan, Bindu; P. Mattle, Heinrich; A. Khattab, Ahmed; Hildick‐Smith, David; Dudek, Dariusz; Andersen, Grethe; Ibrahim, Réda; Schüler, Gerhard; Walton, Antony; Wahl, Andreas; Windecker, Stephan; Jüni, Peter

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1211716

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Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Embolism

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 20, 2013

Authors:

Bernhard Meier

Bindu Kalesan

Heinrich P. Mattle

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The options for secondary prevention of cryptogenic embolism in patients with patent foramen ovale are administration of antithrombotic medications or percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale. We investigated whether closure is superior to medical therapy. METHODS: We performed a...

Subject

Patent foramen ovale

Medicine

Percutaneous

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