[Indication to occlusion of patent foramen ovale in patient with pulmonary hypertension after a cardioembolic stroke].

Abstract

Patent foramen ovale (PFO), atrial septal aneurysm and Chiari's network are known risk factors for cardioembolic stroke. We report a case of young woman with pulmonary hypertension and PFO treated by implantation of Amplatzer occluder after paradoxical embolism.

• Authors: I Svobodová, J Belohlávek, H Grünfeldová, A Linhart
• Journal: Casopis lekaru ceskych (Cas Lek Cesk) Vol. 146 Issue 4 Pg. 407-10 ( 2007) ISSN: 0008-7335 [Print] Czech Republic
• Vernacular Title: Indikace k uzáiveru perzistujícího foramen ovale u nemocné s plicní hypertenzí a probehlou paradoxní embolizací.
• PMID: 17491252 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Embolism, Paradoxical (diagnosis, etiology)
• Female
• Heart Septal Defects, Atrial (complications, diagnosis, surgery)
• Humans
• Hypertension, Pulmonary (diagnosis, etiology)
• Stroke (diagnosis, etiology)