Thekey differencebetween PFO and ASD is that thePFO is a heart defect that occurs due to the failure of closing the foramen ovale after birth, while the ASD is a heart defect in which blood flows between the right atria and left atria of the heart du...
In total, 88% of our patients received Amplatzer devices and the remaining 12% Gore HELEX. We found no significant difference in the type of device used among those with PFO versus those with ASD. As Song et al. pointed out, there are differences between the studies in regard to the ...
While the original published data are suggestive of a benefit—a significant difference was seen among the prespecified per protocol and as-treated patients—the new data “doesn’t move me one way or the other,” he told TCTMD. The Kaplan-Meier curves “seem to come together completely by ...
At baseline 14 patients (37%) had high risk anatomy (7 patients with ASA, 3 with Chiari network and 4 with prominent eustachian valve). There was no difference between the two groups in the mean age (no high-risk: 53±11 years vs high-risk: 48±13 years, p=0.22), in the duration...