Abstract
A patent foramen ovale with right-to-left shunting was responsible, in part, for profound hypoxemia in a patient who required mechanical support with a left ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock. The patent foramen ovale was detected with contrast transesophageal echocardiography, and the defect was closed successfully with a transcatheter septal defect closure device.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1021-1023 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1999 |