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16181810

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
We report the case of a 35-year-old man who had a transient ischemic cerebral attack and then underwent a percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a Cardiastar device. One year later, the patient developed a cardiac tamponade due to an important hemorrhagic pericardial effusion. Transoesophageal echocardiography showed that one of the struts had impinged on the aortic root in the region adjacent to the transverse pericardial sinus. Therefore, we speculated that the strut had passed through the aortic wall by slow erosion, leading to the pericardial effusion. Cardiac CT and subsequent surgery confirmed the perforation of the left atrial roof and the aortic root by two struts of the device. This is the first reported case of late cardiac tamponade and underscores the importance of long-term follow-up after PFO closure device implantation.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1525-2167
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
465-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Late cardiac tamponade after percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports