Very Late Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder Device Structural Dysfunction and Thrombosis

Rami M. Abazid, MD; Osama Smettei, MD; Jasmin Nari; Sabe De; Andrew Mathew; Kumar Sridhar; Guo Lin-Rui Ray, MD; Nikolaos Tzemos, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

Very Late Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder Device Structural Dysfunction and Thrombosis

Rami M. Abazid, MD,
Osama Smettei, MD,
Jasmin Nari,
Sabe De,
Andrew Mathew,
Kumar Sridhar,
Guo Lin-Rui Ray, MD,
Nikolaos Tzemos, MD

Affiliations

Rami M. Abazid, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Osama Smettei, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Jasmin Nari: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Sabe De: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Andrew Mathew: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Kumar Sridhar: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Guo Lin-Rui Ray, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
Nikolaos Tzemos, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada; Address for correspondence: Dr Nikolaos Tzemos, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, PO Box 5010, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3
p. 102179

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Mechanical dysfunction of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device is extremely rare. We present a 58-year-old male patient who had multiple episodes of ischemic strokes 3 years after PFO closure, which was related to PFO device mechanical dysfunction and thrombosis. He was successfully treated with surgical intervention.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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