OBJECTIVES: The present study was conducted to determine the safety of the transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with cryptogenic cerebral ischemia and the midterm follow-up of recurrent thromboembolic events after interventional PFO closure. BACKGROUND: Current therapeutic options for stroke prevention in patients with PFO and a history of thromboembolic events include chronic antithrombotics and more invasive treatments such as surgical closure or minor invasive transcatheter permanent closure of the PFO. Promising preliminary and pilot data with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder or the PFO-Star Occluder have been reported. Systematic and long-term data are still missing. METHODS: A total of 276 consecutive patients with a PFO and a history of at least one thromboembolic event were recruited in four medical centers and underwent percutaneous PFO closure with the PFO-Star device. Follow-up data were analyzed over an average of 15.1 months, equivalent to 345 patient-years. RESULTS: The implantation was successful in all 276 patients. Peri-interventional reversible complications included transient ST-segment elevations (1.8%) and transient ischemic attack (TIA) (0.8%). Two devices have been removed surgically. During follow-up the annual recurrence rate of thromboembolic events was 1.7% for TIA, 0% for stroke and 0% for peripheral emboli. CONCLUSIONS: Interventional PFO closure with the PFO-Star device appears to be a reliable and promising technique resulting in a low recurrence rate of thromboembolic events, especially stroke in patients with a history of cryptogenic ischemia presumably due to paradoxical embolization. To our knowledge, this is the largest coherent and prospective study for interventional PFO closure.
OBJECTIVES: The present study was conducted to determine the safety of the transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in patients with cryptogenic cerebral ischemia and the midterm follow-up of recurrent thromboembolic events after interventional PFO closure. BACKGROUND: Current therapeutic options for stroke prevention in patients with PFO and a history of thromboembolic events include chronic antithrombotics and more invasive treatments such as surgical closure or minor invasive transcatheter permanent closure of the PFO. Promising preliminary and pilot data with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder or the PFO-Star Occluder have been reported. Systematic and long-term data are still missing. METHODS: A total of 276 consecutive patients with a PFO and a history of at least one thromboembolic event were recruited in four medical centers and underwent percutaneous PFO closure with the PFO-Star device. Follow-up data were analyzed over an average of 15.1 months, equivalent to 345 patient-years. RESULTS: The implantation was successful in all 276 patients. Peri-interventional reversible complications included transient ST-segment elevations (1.8%) and transient ischemic attack (TIA) (0.8%). Two devices have been removed surgically. During follow-up the annual recurrence rate of thromboembolic events was 1.7% for TIA, 0% for stroke and 0% for peripheral emboli. CONCLUSIONS: Interventional PFO closure with the PFO-Star device appears to be a reliable and promising technique resulting in a low recurrence rate of thromboembolic events, especially stroke in patients with a history of cryptogenic ischemia presumably due to paradoxical embolization. To our knowledge, this is the largest coherent and prospective study for interventional PFO closure.
Authors: U Laufs; U C Hoppe; S Rosenkranz; P Kirchhof; M Böhm; H-C Diener; M Endres; M Grond; W Hacke; T Meinertz; E B Ringelstein; J Röther; M Dichgans Journal: Nervenarzt Date: 2010-04 Impact factor: 1.214
Authors: J Ferrari; H Baumgartner; S Tentschert; V Dorda; W Lang; A Willfort-Ehringer; P Probst; W Lalouschek Journal: J Neurol Date: 2004-07 Impact factor: 4.849
Authors: Luigi Di Biase; J David Burkhardt; Rodney Horton; Javier Sanchez; Prasant Mohanty; Sanghamitra Mohanty; Shane Bailey; G Joseph Gallinghouse; Andrea Natale; Subramaniam C Krishnan Journal: J Interv Card Electrophysiol Date: 2019-01-31 Impact factor: 1.900