Atrial Septal Defect(ASD) andPatent Foramen Ovale(PFO) are two heart defects. Both occur due to a hole in the septum between the two upper chambers: left atrium and right atrium. In ASD, blood flows between the right and left atria. Patent foramen oval...
FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Type of funding sources: None. HITS-anatomy-antiplatelet therapydoi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2230Katsianos EOikonomou EKalogeras KManousaki AMoldovan CAznaouridis KKatsarou OKalantzis CSiasos GVavouranakis EEuropean Heart Journal...
Results showed a statistically significant 77% relative reduction in recurrent ischemic stroke in patients who underwent PFO closure with a Gore device in conjunction with antiplatelet therapy vs those who received antiplatelet therapy alone, after an average of 3.4 years of follow-up. At 2 years, ...
showed no change in endothelial function after PFO closure compared to ASD closure showing improved function [26]. Nevertheless most relevant to this series, the ROPE score also does not take into account clinical provoking factors such as Valsalva-straining prior to the patie...
Tuned using the frequency analyser (HM5014-2) to the corresponding Larmor frequency of 64MHz for 1.5T MRI (GE, Signa), occluders were implanted into a freshly excised porcine heart and Thiel soft embalmed human heart under MRI guidance. 0.9% NaCl solution bath was used as the medium. Two...