Persistence of residual shunt at 6 and 12 months after transoesophageal echocardiography-guided percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale for cryptogenic stroke.
Lars S WitteAbdelhak El BouzianiMarcel A M BeijkDanielle Robbers-VisserJonathan M CoutinhoJan G P TijssenBart StraverBerto Jorrit BoumaRobbert J de WinterPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2024)
Residual right-to-left shunts are common at 6 months after percutaneous closure of PFO. However, the majority are small and two-thirds of residual right-to-left shunts achieve complete closure between 6 and 12 months.