• Eur J Echocardiogr · Jan 2009

    Case Reports

    Role of real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography for guiding transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure.

    • Roberto Martin-Reyes, Teresa López-Fernández, Mar Moreno-Yangüela, Raul Moreno, Miguel Angel Navas-Lobato, Elena Refoyo, Gabriela Guzmán, Francisco Domínguez-Melcón, and Jose Luis López-Sendón.
    • Laboratory of Echocardiography, Department of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, CP 28046, Madrid, Spain. rmartinreyes@yahoo.es
    • Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Jan 1;10(1):148-50.

    AbstractPatent foramen ovale (PFO) is a relatively common congenital condition which has been implicated in cryptogenic stroke as a result of paradoxical thromboembolism by right-to-left shunting. Many studies have demonstrated that transcatheter PFO closure significantly reduced the incidence of recurrent strokes in a small group of high-risk patients with PFO and atrial septal aneurysm compared with antithrombotic drugs. Two-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography (2D TEE) has become the election technique for guiding patent foramen ovale closure. Real-time Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography (3D TEE) may be potentially superior to 2D TEE in the accurate assessment of the morphology and efficacy of transcatheter closure devices because of a better spacial orientation.

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