A Case of Successful Transcatheter Device Closure of Small Atrial Septal Defect in a Patient with Cerebral Infarction Presumably Caused by Paradoxical Emboli.

Author: Kye Hun KIM ¹ ; Woo Seok LEE ; Jung Sun CHO ; Hyun Ju YOON ; Youngkeun AHN ; Myung Ho JEONG ; Jeong Gwan CHO ; Jong Chun PARK ; Jung Chaee KANG
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1. The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Gwangju, Korea. jcpark54@hanmail.net
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Paradoxical embolism; Device closure
MeSH: Cerebral Infarction; Embolism, Paradoxical; Female; Heart Septal Defects, Atrial; Humans; Intracranial Embolism
From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008;16(1):23-25
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Precutaneous transcatheter device closure of interatrial communications is used as an alternative to surgery or long-term anticoagulation for the treatment of patients with paradoxical cerebral embolism. We report a case of successful percutaneous transcatheter closure of small atrial septal defect in a 34 year old female patient with acute cerebral infarction presumably caused by paradoxical embolism through the defect.