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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:582-583
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Transcatheter closure of a patent foramen ovale following mitral valve replacement

Ryszard Skulski, MDa, John M. Snider, MDb, Carol J. Buzzard, MDc, Frederick S. Ling, MDa, Alan M. Mendelsohn, MDc

a Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester>, New York, USA
b Department of Surgery, and Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester>, New York, USA
c Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester>, New York, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Snider, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642
e-mail: john_snider{at}urmc.rochester.edu

We report the successful closure of a postoperative patent foramen ovale in a patient who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement for severe mitral insufficiency. The postoperative course was complicated by severe hypoxemia due to a large patent foramen ovale. The patient underwent transcatheter closure with the Das Angel Wings transcatheter occluder (Microvena Corporation, White Bear Lake, MN) with immediate improvement.






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