ENDOVASCULAR CLOSURE OF A FORAMEN OVALE O CCURRING AFTER RIGHT PNEUMONECTOMY

Authors
BOMBARON P LEMAIRE C SOUQUET PJ GERINIERE L BOURLON D GUIBERT B VOLOCH A BERNARD JP
Citation
P. Bombaron et al., ENDOVASCULAR CLOSURE OF A FORAMEN OVALE O CCURRING AFTER RIGHT PNEUMONECTOMY, Revue des maladies respiratoires, 14(2), 1997, pp. 133-135
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Revue des maladies respiratoires → ACNP
ISSN journal
07618425
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
133 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0761-8425(1997)14:2<133:ECOAFO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report the case of a patient, 62-year-old, with a non small cell lu ng cancer treated by right pneumonectomy followed by chemo and radioth erapy, After surgery appeared a refractory hypoxemia increasing with s upine position. Cardiac catheterism showed a right left shunt by reope ning of the ''foramen ovale''. We have performed foramen's occlusion b y endovascular method with prothetic material with good result until t he death, 14 months later by neoplasic evolution.