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Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale in patients with cerebral ischemia

Martin U. Braun, MD^*, Dieter Fassbender, MD, Steffen P. Schoen, MD^*, Markus Haass, MD, Rainer Schraeder, MD, Werner Scholtz, MD and Ruth H. Strasser, MD, FESC^*,*

^* Department of Cardiology, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Heart and Diabetes Center, Bad Oeynhausen, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Bethanien Hospital-CCB Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany

View larger version (39K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Original patent foramen ovale-Star occluder is demonstrated with the center post, the expanded nitinol wires and the two Ivalon sails (left). After implantation the device is shown by transesophageal echocardiography in the vertical biatrial view (middle) and by magnetic resonance imaging in the four-chamber view (right). Ao = aorta; LA = left atrium; RA = right atrium.