PATENT FORAMEN OVALE AS CAUSE OF RECURRENT STROKE - CLOSURE WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPERATION

Authors
DESALAZAR AO LOPEZ J GONZALEZ JA ZUAZO J ETXEBESTE J
Citation
Ao. Desalazar et al., PATENT FORAMEN OVALE AS CAUSE OF RECURRENT STROKE - CLOSURE WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPERATION, Revista espanola de cardiologia, 51(11), 1998, pp. 922-924
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Revista espanola de cardiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008932
Volume
51
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
922 - 924
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8932(1998)51:11<922:PFOACO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We report a clinical case of a 63-year-old patient, refered with a his tory of repeated strokes, whose only cause was a patent foramen ovale with shunt right to left diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography . He underwent minimally invasive surgery, through right parasternal m inithoracotomy, practising defect closure. We comment on the value of echocardiography for diagnosing this pathology and the utility of this surgical technique for repairing these defects.